Antalya Archaeology Museum
Roman sculpture collection anchored by pieces recovered from ancient Perge and Anatolia's southern coast.
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Antalya Archaeology Museum's Weary Heracles begins as an unsolved puzzle: when archaeologist Jale İnan unearthed the statue's lower half at Perge in 1980, its upper half was already on the other side of the world, quietly on display in a Boston museum. You'll hear how she recognized the fragment as a Roman copy of a lost Lysippos bronze, and how Turkey spent decades pressing for the missing half's return. The guide follows that long separation between the two halves before you ever get to see them side by side. Look at the statue's downcast eyes and sagging shoulders as you listen.
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