Regarding your second point: that is also possible, though depending on how the statue was destroyed, it would probably leave at least some indication of its presence for archaeologists to find. Assuming, again, that it isn't just lying deeper underground.
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Regarding your second point: that is also possible, though depending on how the statue was destroyed, it would probably leave at least some indication of its presence for archaeologists to find. Assuming, again, that it isn't just lying deeper underground.
Have you been through these ruins before?