Chapiters carrying Greek and Roman faces fount in Syria July 14, 2007
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Lattakia Ruins Department in Syria, discovered in June six column chapiters and two seats in Hai al-Slaibia site in Lattakia, in addition to granite columns, three massive stone pieces adorned with unique vegetal and geometric carvings.
One of the chapiters depicts the Roman god of medicine and pharmaceutics Aesculapius, while the other depicts the Greek goddess of hunting Artemis, which was also known as Diana by the Romans and was a goddess of fertility in the East.
Two of the Corinthian columns were made from imported white marble, while the rest were made from sandstone. The site where these discoveries were made dates back to the Hellenistic and Roman era, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported.
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