An excavation within Laodicea uncovered a 2,100-year-old statue head of the goddess Hygieia. Revered as the goddess of health and cleanliness, statues of Hygieia were often located at key healing ...

The only other known Scylla statue group was found in Sperlonga, Italy, in 1957 and dates from the early Roman period. But the statues uncovered in Laodicea, believed to date from the late ...

The story of Emperor Trajan’s victory over a mighty ... A Renaissance pope replaced the statue of Trajan with one of St. Peter, to sanctify the ancient artifact. Artists lowered themselves ...