ARCHÆOLOGY

PAUL SIEVEKING digs up the latest discoveries, incuding ancient wood and some royal skeletons

ALEXANDER STATUE FOUND Last September, the head of a marble statue of Alexander the Great was unearthed amid the ruins of a second century AD theatre at Konuralp, north of the city of Düzce near Turkey’s northwest coast. Alexander the Great died in 323 BC, so the statue may have been made more than 400 years after his death, showing the enduring popularity of the Macedonian warrior. The remains of other marble statues, including heads of the Greek god Apollo and the mythical monster Medusa, were also found in the ruins of the theatre. One reason for Alexander’s enduring popularity was that his successors promoted him as an ideal ruler whom they hoped to emulate. It also became common for later rulers to make coins depicting Alexander’s image as a…

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