When the Getty bought the Aphrodite for $18 million in 1988, the statue’s importance outweighed the signs of its illicit origins. “The proposed statue of Aphrodite would not only become the ...

The Aphrodite statue and floor mosaics were excavated last week and will be scientifically presented at an archaeological conference March 8-10 about archaeological finds in the Macedonia and ...

AIDONE, ITALY — The J. Paul Getty Museum’s iconic statue of Aphrodite, which became a symbol of American museums’ involvement in the illicit antiquities trade, was unveiled in its new home ...

Hoff said Aphrodite's head is the first fragment of a monumental statue they have found at Antiochia ad Cragum over eight years of digging. "We have niches where statues once were. We just didn't ...

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 ...

This terra cotta statue of Aphrodite is by a famous 19th-century French artist. By Tribune Content Agency. UPDATED: August 21, 2021 at 11:09 AM EDT ...

Archaeologists recently discovered Roman-era statue heads of Aphrodite and Dionysus in Turkey, Live Science reported. According to the outlet, the exciting discovery was made during a dig in the ...

The Aphrodite statue, believed to have been brought in from a prop shop, was on the set behind Lennon. Sir Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Keith Moon, Marianne Faithfull and Graham Nash ...

Two marble statues representing Aphrodite/Venus, the Greco-Roman goddess of love, were found recently at Petra, an ancient desert city in Jordan. The statues, which date to the second century A.D ...

Hoff said Aphrodite's head is the first fragment of a monumental statue they have found at Antiochia ad Cragum over eight years of digging. "We have niches where statues once were. We just didn't ...