[TigerLikesRooster]

AP - Sat Dec 30, 11:22 PM ET The Cup-Bearer, a Cycladic figurine of unknown provenance dating between 2800-2200 B.C., is displayed at the N. P. Goulandris Foundation-Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens on Nov. 14 2006. A new discovery of smashed marble figurines on an uninhabited Aegean Sea islet has shed new light on the mysterious Cycladic civilization, whose strikingly modern figurines are prized exhibits in museums and collections worldwide. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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[Gothmog]

Figurine looks like it is making a toast -- have another one, bud

[TheGeezer]

But the barren islet was of major importance to the mysterious Cycladic people, a sophisticated pre-Greek civilization with no written language that flourished 4,500 years ago and produced strikingly modern-looking artwork.

They were sophisticated, yet had no written language? And they produced "strikingly modern-looking artwork"? I'm just a rube, I guess, but I don't think that is much of a plus. I mean, look at this Picasso:

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Pretty, ain't it? Is this proof of sophistication or of boredom and decadence?

[SunkenCiv]

alas...

Shattered clues for solving Greek island's riddle
CNN | December 26, 2006 | Associated Press
Posted on 12/29/2006 12:49:42 AM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1759742/posts

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