Archaeologists discover a second marble statue in the ancient city of Heraclea Sintica (see video and pictures)

Archaeologists have unearthed a second statue in the ancient city of Heraclea Sintica near Petrich, where the research is ongoing.

The statue was found by the archaelogical team of Prof. Dr. Lyudmil Vagalinski, during work in the eastern part of the canal, very close to the place where the first statue was discovered in the summer.

The new find is also a marble sculpture, imposing in size, laid on its face, unlike the first, which was placed sideways.

"The second statue uncoveren in in the Cloaca Maxima of Heraclea Syntytica will pose even more difficult questions for researchers to answer - although it is sculpted in a similar iconographic style, no head is visible so far," the archaeologists said in their post on the Archaeologia Bulgarica page on September 20.

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At the beginning of July 2024, the team of Prof. Dr. Ludmil Vagalinski discovered a large marbe statue at the site of the ancient city of Heraclea Sintica. This find emerged during excavations in the Cloaca Maxima, the Roman sewage system. In mid-July, it was successfully brought to the museum in Petrich. Prof. Dr. Ludmil Vagalinski, commented at the time that it is believed to depict Hermes, a prominent deity in the Ancient Greek pantheon, but after looking at the front as well as the whole face, the statue may not be from the 2nd century, but may be about 200 years earlier i.e. around AD, and may not depict Hermes, but a ruler or other important figure in the social hierarchy of the era.

The marble statue uncovered in the ancient city of Heraclea Sintica is now in the museum in Petrich

Restoration of the statue uncovered in Heraclea Sintica expected to begin