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A 2,500-Year-Old Statue of a Long-Haired Young Man Emerges from Beneath a Roman Street at Sardis
Roman builders at Sardis once laid a monumental marble statue face down beneath a colonnaded street. Centuries later, that act of reuse helped preserve the young man’s face, long hair and clothing in remarkable detail. The statue was uncovered during excavations at the ancient city in western Türkiye’s Manisa Province. Türkiye’s Ministry of Culture and…
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Roman Portrait from Crimea Identified After Two Millennia: Scientists Name the Woman as Laodike
A 2,000-year-old marble portrait discovered in Crimea has finally revealed its secret.An international team of researchers from Poland and Spain identified the sculpture as depicting Laodike, a Roman woman who lived in the early centuries of the Empire and held a prominent social position in the ancient city of Chersonesos. Rediscovering a Forgotten Roman Lady…