Ongoing excavations in the ancient city of Aspendos in Turkey have proven to deliver ... The most recent, an astounding marble statue of the son and messenger of Zeus, in an unlikely place.

The marble statue was found in ... one of the best-known classical sites in Turkey. During the 5th century, Aspendos became the most important city in Pamphylia, deriding much of its wealth ...

“The results indicate that the marbles came mainly from the Prokonnesos and Dokimeion quarries in Turkey,” the authors wrote. A smaller number of objects were attributed to marble from ...