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Nov. 11, 1970 - Aphrodite Faces Test Of Identity: Scientific tests may be made in an attempt to identify the battered marble head at the British Museum, which Prof. Iris Love, and American archaeologist, claims is from a long- lost statue of Aphrodite made by Praxitales in the fourth century B.C. The problem is that Prof. Love must find a large piece of the original Aphrodite statue for comparatiive tests to be made. So far all she has found on the site of Aphrodite's Temple at Cnidus, Turkey, is a small part of an unidentified hand and forefinger. The head, minus chin, South, nose nose and most of the hair style, found at Chidus in 1858, went on public view at the British Museum yesterday in a cormner of Room, 12, housing and fireman from the Mauscleum pf Halicarnassus and a lion from a tomb at Unids. It was non-committally disputes that the head belonged to Aphrodite, although it was at one time, thought to be from a copy of the status and bears her name on the base.Aphrodits Faces Test Of Identity: Scientific tests may be made in an attempt to identify the battered marble head at the British Museum, which Porf. Iris Love, and American archaeologist, claims is from a long- lost statue of Aphrodits made by Aphrodits statue for comparitive tests to be made. So far all she has found on the site of Aphrodits's Temple at Cnidus, Turkey, is a small part of an unidentifed hand and forefinger. The head, minus chin, South, nose nose and most of the hair style, found at Chidus in 1858, wner on public view at the British Museum yesterday in a cormner of Room, 12, housing and fireman from the Mausoleum of Helicarnassus and a lion from a tomb at Unids. It was non-committally disputes that the head belonged to Aphrodite, although it was at one time, thought to be from a copy of the status and bears her name on the base.Photo shows The controversial head - on public display at the British Museum yesterday. British experts believe that the Find is Persephone, another deity and daughter of Demeter, the Greek earth-mother goddess

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