Archaeologists Stumbled Upon the Missing Head of a 2,000-Year-Old Zeus Statue
The city of Aphrodisias, because of its proximity to marble deposits, was a sculpture ... the statue head was found 164 feet ...
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What the cult of Aphrodite reveals about ancient attitudes towards love—and desire
An inscription on the left shoulder, reading “of the Paphian Goddess,” is a reference to Aphrodite. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York ... long mantle. Her head is draped, and her severe ...