Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy announced the discovery of the head of a statue dating back to the 4th century AD in the ancient city of Tripolis, located in Türkiye. The torso of ...
The statue's head, which was combined with a body found in the museum in 1979, will soon be displayed in Türkiye. Its return is seen as a major step in preserving Anatolia's rich cultural heritage.
In 1979, a former museum curator said he believed that the head -- acquired in 1970 without any information about its exact origins -- corresponded to the decapitated statue in the US. The two ...
ANKARA, 29 November (BelTA - Anadolu) - A significant cultural artifact, the bronze statue head of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus, has been returned to Türkiye after nearly six decades.
There was just one problem — it was missing its head. The statue depicts a public administrator named Antonius Philagrios and was carved during the fourth century, Ersoy said in a Nov.
The Glyptotek museum in Denmark announced Tuesday that it will repatriate a bronze head of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus, which has been part of its collection for over 50 years, to Türkiye. The ...