The ancient Romans knew this statue very well -- it was famous throughout the ancient world. Roman artists made copies if the Discus Thrower in marble. Several Roman copies have survived. All of them have been damaged in some way, with broken arms and heads, pieces missing, etc. The statues were buried over centuries of passing time. Statuary all over Greece and Italy was dug up beginning in the 1700's. The image above is the only marble copy that has survived with the original head intact. and is currently in the statuary collection of the National Museum of Rome. Three other ancient Roman marble copies of the Discus Thrower are known to exist. Two are in the Vatican Museum in Rome and one in the British Museum in London. The IISOH plans to acquire copies of each statue for our Museum collection.