Excavations across the ancient city of Perga revealed five new statue finds from as far back as the second century A.D. The ...

While they were mostly female figures ... It is challenging to disentangle “Roman” and “Greek” influence in Roman sculpture since by the 2nd century BCE, most of the sculptors working ...

Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Perge, Turkey, have discovered five Roman statues, including Aphrodite and Eros.

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 ...

A marble statue of a woman ... Key finds, including a marble-paved Roman thoroughfare and tens of thousands of artifacts spanning the Greek, Byzantine and Ottoman periods, are now showcased ...

But the Roman statue distinctly depicts the Greek goddess, with her signature helmet and aegis, or sash-like cloak, draped across her chest. “At the time these pieces were carved, the classical ...