Body Content At first, it was just a glint of green and brown in the dirt, exposed during routine plowing at an Albanian farm located next to an ancient Greek settlement. Then, as archaeologists carefully cleared the soil away, its shape gradually emerged: a figure of a rider atop his horse, one arm extended as if to brandish a weapon or whip. The horse’s hooves were lost, and much of the rider’s body was still concealed beneath layers of dirt.