Aphrodisias

  • Not often that something from the Biblical Archaeology Society has a Classics connection, but this one’s a good read: Charles Fellows in Aphrodisias

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  • All of a sudden my email box is full to bursting with good stuff … this one’s from Hurriyet: The ongoing excavation works at one of Turkey’s most important archaeological sites, the Karacasu Aphrodisias Ancient City, have revealed two headless statues. According to information provided by the Culture and Tourism Ministry, one of the statues…

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  • Here’s one that’s been in my box for a while, and there haven’t been any followups, alas … from Hurriyet: A sarcophagus covered with figures depicting Eros and Medusa and believed to date from the Roman period has been found in the sea near the location of the ancient city of Justinianopolis, in the southern…

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