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A 2.2-Meter Statue of the God of Medicine Emerges from a Monumental Gateway at Aspendos
Archaeologists excavating Aspendos in southern Türkiye have uncovered a 2.20-meter-high marble sculpture of Asclepius accompanied by Telesphorus, adding new evidence for the worship of healing deities in the Roman city. The sculpture group came to light amid fallen stone blocks from the northern section of a monumental gateway beside the East Square, according to Türkiye’s…