Inside the Lourve;
If you pay attention to detail, which you should, then you will find this small statue (above) of a gargoyle. The concept of gargoyle, from Latin gurgolia for "gullet" or "throat", can be traced back to the Egyptian.
Aphrodite of Milos, aka Venus de Milo (ancient Greek city), is located in the Greek, Roman section. Ask any guide and he/she will show you. Ancient greek sculpture circa 130-100 BC of the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Marble, possible by sculptor Alexandros of Antioch. This statue was brought by the French shortly after it was found on the ruins of the island of Milos in 1820. The right missing arm would've laid over the left thigh holding up the drapery. The missing left are would be holding an apple raised just below her eye level. Why is this statue famous? It has been French's jealousy and subsequent promotion to surpass another statue,
Medici Venus, which was returned to Italy after it was looted by Napoleon Bonaparte.
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