SYRIAN
ANTIQUITIES OF THE GREEK,
ROMAN
AND BYZANTINE PERIODS
Section
One
The
Department consists o the following
sections:
Hall of the Museum: contains the most
beautiful statues discovered in
Latakia, and two mosaics, one
discovered at Shahba and the other at
the district of Hama.
HALL
OF THE MUSEUM
This
hall which is extremely rich in
beautiful statues attracts the
visitors of the Museum. We have
exhibited here some of the
statues discovered at Shahba (Philipolis)
i.e. the city of Philip ( the
Arab ),
A mosaic panel of the Byzantine
period is also exhibited on the
floorand the
most beautiful statues
discovered in Latakia . |
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Doryphore Statue :
This
statue was found in1976 at
(El-Sheikh Dhaher) quarter –
Latakia, made from marble. The
preserved part of him is 150 cm
Height and his shoulders are 60
cm Wide, he is a copy of the
statue of the Greek artist (Polyeuktos)
from the fifth century B.C. The
artist made the statue's head,
the standard unit for the other
parts of the body. The statue
represents a young man carries
spear; he is characterized by
youth, force and beauty. He
stands up on the right foot
while the left leans on her
instep only.
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