A huge storm that collapsed part of a cliff on Israel's central coast led to the discovery of a statue dating back to the Roman period, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Tuesday.
以色列文物局周二表示,一場巨大的風暴擊垮以色列中部海岸的懸崖,一尊羅馬時期的雕像被發現。
The white marble statue of a woman is estimated to be 2,000 years old.
據估計,這尊白色大理石女性雕像有2000年的歷史。
It stands 1.2 meters tall, weighs about 200 kilograms and was found with no head or arms, according to a news release by the authority.
據權威機構發布的消息稱,它高1.2米,重約200公斤,沒有頭部和手臂。
A person walking on the shore at Ashkelon on the west coast of Jerusalem made the discovery, the authority said.
當局稱,耶路撒冷西海岸阿什克倫海灘上的一名行人發現了這一雕像。
The statue fell into the sea when the cliff collapsed as a result of the storm.
由于暴風雨的襲擊,這座雕像掉進了海里。
The collapse also ruined a bath house and mosaics that had been in the cliff for many hundreds of years.
倒塌也催毀了一間浴室,還有鑲嵌在懸崖上數百年的馬賽克。
The storm, one of the strongest Israel has experienced in recent years, brought winds of more than 100 kph that sent 10-meter waves crashing into Israel's coast.
這場風暴是以色列近年來遭遇的最強大的風暴之一,風速超過100公里,在以色列海岸掀起10米的海浪。