The mysterious marble head found in Crimea belonged to a woman who weighed on the fate of her city
In 2003, an exhumed marble head in Crimea intrigued archaeologists. Twenty years later, an investigation mixing science and art history lifts the veil on the identity of this female figure which marked the history of its city.
In 2003, the excavations of the ancient Greek city of Tauric dear, the current Sébastopol in Crimea, delivered the head marblemarble of a Roman matron, remarkably preserved in the half-sous-ground of a large residence of 718 m², close to the theater and the Agora. Around it, currencies, pottery and an altar in ceramicceramic With the effigy of Artemis and Apollo attests to an intact archaeological context, allowing a fine dating: the piece was deposited between 60 and 240 AD, probably at the end of the IIᵉ.
Although damaged (neznez and broken facial features before its burial) the sculpture retains remarkable...
