One of the sculptures is a striking 2-metre-high statue of the goddess of love, Aphrodite, sitting on a base depicting the ...

Archaeologists unearthed two statues of the Aphrodite at the ancient city of Pompeiopolis in Kastamonu, Turkey. The fragments were found during ongoing excavations in the Odeon, a concert hall ...

I had traveled more than 6,000 miles to ask Canavesi about one of the world’s most contested pieces of ancient art: a 2,400-year-old statue of a woman believed to be Aphrodite, the Greek goddess ...

After Aphrodite promised him the love of the most ... were very much interested in color as well as form; the white marble statues we admire looked stunningly different in antiquity.

Statue fragments of other deities including Eros, Aphrodite, Artemis and Nemesis have also been discovered at the site. According to a statement from Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism ...