Archaeologists Just Found a Fascinating Ancient Statue—Used as a Paving Stone in a Roman Road

Archaeologists at the Sardis site in western Turkey discovered a 7-foot marble statue dating to 470-450 BCE that had been broken in half and used as paving slabs along a major Roman avenue. The exceptionally well-preserved Lydian statue is wearing Greek and Anatolian-influenced clothing from the period, with the figure deliberately referencing artistic styles from a century earlier.