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« on: August 04, 2007, 12:04:35 AM »

Major Find at Sagalassos 

August 2, 2007 

Colossal statue of the emperor Hadrian discovered



   A huge, exquisitely carved marble statue of the Roman emperor Hadrian is the latest find from Sagalassos, an ancient Greco-Roman city in south-central Turkey. Archaeologists estimate that the figure was originally between 13 and 16 feet in height (four to five meters). It is, says excavation director Marc Waelkens, one of the most beautiful portraits of Hadrian ever found.



   On Sunday the first fragments of a over life-size statue, a foot and part of a leg, were unearthed. The foot is 31.5 inches (0.80 meters) long; the leg, from just above the knee to the ankle, is nearly five feet (1.5 meters). The elaborate sandal depicted on the footed indicated to the archaeologists that the fragments were from the statue of an emperor. On Monday, the almost intact head of the statue was discovered, revealing that the statue was of Hadrian, who ruled from A.D. 117 to 138. The head measures more than 27 inches (0.70 meters).



   The discovery was made by archaeologists from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), who, under Waelkens' direction, have been investigating the site since 1990. Last month a new excavation campaign started, and the Belgians resumed work at the Roman Bath, focusing on the southeastern corner of the complex.



Construction of the bath complex in Sagalassos was started during Hadrian's reign, though the building was finished only several decades later. The bath complex is one of several major building projects at Sagalassos that can be dated to the time of Hadrian and the city had a sanctuary of the imperial cult dedicated to Hadrian and his successor Antoninus Pius.



The statue probably dates from the beginning of Hadrian's rule. For updates on the current excavation campaign, including any additional finds related to the Hadrian statue, see the Interactive Dig, City in the Clouds.



Photos courtesy Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project

http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/hadrian/
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« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2007, 12:14:29 AM »



   Sagalassos is a place at 7 km north of the village Aglasun in the province of Burdur, Turkey (view map). The ruins of the city lay on the southern flank of the Aglasun mountain ridge (a part of the Taurus-mountains) at a height between 1400 and 1650 meter. A team of the University of Leuven (K.U.Leuven), under the direction of professor Marc Waelkens, is excavating the whole area since 1990 and dug up some wonderful treasures.

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