Giant Statue of a Roman Emperor of the First Seal Period Discovered

Archaeology & History | by | Volume 14, Issue 1 | January – February 2008

Fragments of a large, “exquisitely carved statue”  of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, estimated to  have stood about four to five metres tall, have  been discovered by archaeologists working in Turkey  (“Giant statue of Hadrian unearthed”, BBC News, 9  August 2007).

The pieces of this gia…

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