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Statue heads carved 5,000 years ago of two Greek deities have been unearthed in an ancient city of western Turkey that was home to one of the world's first stock exchanges.
Both described as possessing 'astonishing beauty', the fragments are of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, and Dionysus, the god of wine.
Bodies of the statues were discovered in previous digs, but the heads were found in creek bed in the ancient city of Aizanoi – it is not yet clear how the heads and bodies were separated.
Each head was skillfully carved from limestone: the head of Aphrodite measures 19 inches tall and Dionysus' is 17 inches.
Statue heads carved 5,000 years ago of two Greek deities have been unearthed in an ancient city of western Turkey that was home one of the world's first stock exchange markets. Pictured is Dionysus
Excavation coordinator Gokhan Coskun told Anadolu Agency that the heads of both deities 'are important findings for us, as they show that the polytheistic culture of ancient Greece existed for a long time without losing its importance in the Roman era.'
The ancient city of Aizanoi is one of the most
