VENUS DE MILO DISCOVERED

Greek peasant Yorgos Kentrotas discovers the Venus de Milo on the island of Melos, in the Aegean. Ten days later its significance is recognised by a French naval officer Jules Dumont D'urville and it eventually ends up in The Louvre in Paris

1819 Aegean Discovered Discovers Dumont Durville Installed Louvre Melos Milo Navigator Specific

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