Aphrodite marble head

Archaeologists in the city of Rome rejoiced to a marvellous find as an exquisite marble head of an ancient goddess, possibly Aphrodite, was unearthed during redevelopment works at an urban square. Preliminary examinations date the ancient work of art to...

A life-sized marble head of the ancient Greek goddess Aphrodite was discovered by a group of archaeologists at a site called Antiochia ad Cragum (Antioch of the cliffs), on the Mediterranean coast, in southern Turkey. The sculpture of the goddess...