![]() ![]() A man stops here to comb his hair, another, perhaps, takes off his sunglasses for a second to massage the bridge of his nose. Sports jackets, the day to day uniform of Italians from that time, lying nonchalantly on rocky walls. ![]() Their muscles bulging beneath their sweat stained Salvatore Piccolo shirts. ![]() The healthy glean of their sun kissed skin, kept young with a healthy Italian diet, visible from the light of their torches. We can imagine them- handsome and nattily dressed. Omertà , the ancient code of honour has prevailed to this day. On a dark and stormy night, in Etruria in late December 1971, a ragged band of diggers called the tombaroli unearthed a masterpiece of Greek art: the Sarpedon Krater. ![]()
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