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The face is oval-shaped and fleshy. The eyes were carefully depicted, with deep cuts. The lips are strong, with grooves. A headband encircles the hair at the front horizontally, at the back vertically, and once more obliquely. This is a type...

The emperor wears his military dress. The head, as well as the right upper limb and the distal part of the left arm were lost. Marble. Roman Imperial Period, first century CE. From Ömerbeyli (Germencik, Aydın), in modern-day Turkey. (Museum...

Apollo is rendered as a muscular young man. However, the feminine sensuality displayed here is probably caused by his over-emphasized hips. His robe falls below the waist, exposing the external genitals. The fingers (now lost) of the left...

Asclepius was the god of medicine and healing. Marble. Hellenistic Period, 2nd century BCE. Copy of an original dating to the 5th century BCE. From Cos, Istankoy, in modern-day Greece. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).

Oceanus (Ogen or Ogenus) was the god of rivers. Marble. Roman Period, 2nd century CE. From Ephesus, Efes, in modern-day Turkey. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).

Poseidon was the god of the sea. He is depicted naked, with his mantle thrown over his left shoulder, encircling his left arm; the latter would have held something, probably a tribute, such as a small dolphin. The right leg is supported by...

Artemis was the goddess of the moon, forest, and hunting. She stands on her left leg while her right arm rests on a pillar. The left hand rests on the waist and its palm is facing outward. Her head would have carried a diadem. She wears two...

The woman, whose name was inscribed on the plinth as Cornelia Antonia, wears a long and voluminous chiton with a large himation, covering the entire body and falling down onto the plinth. Although the posture of the body and the positions...

This is the so-called "Silahtarağa Statuary Group". The remains came to light during excavations for the foundations of a building on the road between the quarter Eyub and Alibeykoy near the Golden Horn. Between 1949-1950 many fragments of...

This detail from Bayeux Tapestry depicts Bishop Odo of Bayeux, half-brother of William the Conqueror, rallying the troops at the Battle of Hastings. The tapestry is believed to date to the eleventh century CE. As can be seen, the artifact...