Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Unearthed

August 27, 2008 | By damaged In Archaeological Finds, Decapitation, Missing Torso, public art | Comments(1)

A massive marble sculpture (well, bits of it) depicting the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (you’ll remember him from the film Gladiator….here is a clue, he was played by Richard Harris!) has been unearthed at an archaeological site in Turkey. So far they have found the 3ft head, 5ft-long right arm and lower legs cut […]