Statue, Empuries Archaeology Museum, Catalonia, Spain
Statue of Asclepius, god of medicine and son of Apollo and Coronis, detail, Greek, 2nd century BC, in the Museu Arqueologic d'Empuries or Empuries Archaeology Museum, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. The statue is made from 2 blocks, the bust made from marble from Paros and the body of Pentellic marble from Attica. Empuries was founded 575 BC by Greeks from Phocaea and occupied by the Romans from 218 BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14113661
Media ID
45702026
Size
8268px x 6201px
(8.0MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
