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A Looted Bronze Statue That May Depict Marcus Aurelius Is Returning to Turkey
The repatriation comes after years of legal disputes over the true identity and provenance of the 6-foot-4 artwork, which has ...
Archaeologists Just Uncovered a Rare Roman Helmet That May Indicate a Mysterious Ritual
Fragments of a rare Roman-era helmet were discovered alongside nearly 200 weapons, all buried in the foundations of two homes in Denmark. The first-of-its-kind find outside the borders of the Roman ...
Archaeologists Unearthed Five Lost Statues From Remains of the Roman Empire’s Sculpture Capital
Excavations across the ancient city of Perga revealed five new statue finds from as far back as the second century A.D. The ...
Hidden for Half a Century, Ancient Roman Treasures Return to the Spotlight
Inside the super-private Torlonia Collection of ancient marbles, and the strategy to clean them up and bring them back into ...
Smithsonian Magazine1mon
See the Stunning Ancient Roman Statue of Athena That’s Going on View for the First Time in Nearly 260 Years
Halsted A&A Foundation With an owl in the palm of her hand, a cloak adorned with a gorgon’s head and a warrior’s helmet upon her swept hair, Athena, as depicted in a Roman statue from the ...
Greek Reporter8d
Archaeologists Discover 5 Stunning Roman Statues In Ancient City of Perge
Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Perge, Turkey, have discovered five Roman statues, including Aphrodite and Eros.
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Five Impressive Roman Statues Found in the Ancient City of Perge, Famous for the Quality of Its Sculpture Workshops
a period during which the city of Perge flourished under the rule of the Roman Empire. Alongside Aphrodite, archaeologists have unearthed another female statue measuring 1.87 meters in height, dressed ...