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.

以色列古物管理局周二表示，一场巨大的风暴摧毁了以色列中部海岸的一处悬崖，使得一尊罗马时期的雕像被发现。

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Israel's antiquities authority says a storm that raked over part of an archaeological dig this week has exposed a 1, 700-year-old statue.

以色列考古部门称，这周的一场风暴让一座一千七百年前的雕像重见天日。这场风暴已造成部分挖掘现场的损坏。

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A statue of Fala is part of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, d.c..

在华盛顿特区，一尊法拉的雕像成为富兰克林·罗斯福纪念馆的一部分。

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A statue of Fala is part of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington,D.C.

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But the biggest statue in the room is not part of the Statuary Collection.

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But Save Sekhemka Action Group wants the 2400 BC statue to remain as part of the town's collection.

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But the US will start banning the traditional bulbs from the start of next year and a very vocal opponent is Howard Brandston, one of the most respected lighting experts in the world who was asked to redesign the lighting of the Statue of Liberty as part of the 1986 restoration.

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The statue seems to have become part of the tug of war between Georgia's political parties.

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