Marble female head unearthed in Herakleia Sintica

A well-preserved marble female head was discovered by the team of Assoc. Prof. Lyudmil Vagalinski (NAIM) at the excavations of the ancient town of Herakleia Sintica near Rupite, Petrich.

Source: Archaeologia Bulgarica

The head is perfectly preserved and is very finely crafted. It had been laid under the foundations of a Late Roman wall, the archaeologist said.

“We are have a very nice head but the body is missing, and, as you know, in August we uncovered another nice statue, a body of a man in his toga, but without a head,” said Dr. Vagalinski.

He went on saying that both the head and the togatus appear to have been very carefully placed and had not been used as a building material.

According to Dr. Vagalinski, quite possibly they were used as symbolic protection for the buildings in that seismic area, where the ancient town of Herakleia Sintica was located.

Source: Novinite [October 27, 2018]