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Tom Metcalfe

Broken pagan statue of Greek god Pan unearthed at early church ruins in Istanbul

We see the front of white marble Pan statue against a dark background. It includes his head and torso. He is playing the pipes.

Archaeologists in Istanbul excavating the ruins of an early Christian church have unearthed a pagan statue of the Greek god Pan, who is depicted with goat horns and a naked torso as he plays a reed pipe. 

It is unlikely that a Christian church would have kept a statue of such a pagan god. Rather, archaeologists think the statue's location is the result of a modern mistake.

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