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2,000-Year-Old Greek Sculptures Unearthed in Turkey

They were unearthed at the site of the ancient city of Aizanoi

Newsroom December 29 12:49

According to a Hürriyet Daily News report, excavations in western Turkey at the site of the ancient city of Aizanoi have uncovered the heads of statues of the Greek gods Eros and Dionysus and the demigod Hercules.

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Gökhan Coşkun of Kütahya Dumlupinar University said that another, nearly complete six-foot-tall statue was also found. “Only half of its pedestal and one foot is missing in the male statue, while other parts are completely preserved,” he said. Coşkun notes, however, that the Hercules head does not belong to the body of a Hercules statue unearthed at Aizanoi in 2020.

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