News On This Day In History: Statue Of Venus de Milo Is Discovered On The Aegean Island Of Milos – On Apr 8, 1820 AncientPages.com | April 8, 2016 AncientPages.com - On April 8, 1820, the Greek farmer Yorgos Kentrotas stumbled across a damaged statue inside a buried niche within the ancient city ruins of Milos, Greece. Read More