GNARLED HAPPY FACE
In Hatay——Millions have been spent in Eastern Turkey to preserve these antiquities and the fabulous Hatay Merkez Archeological Museum in Antakya is no exception.
ADORABLE COUPLE
She looks big & fierce, and he’s just a happy guy. Adorable couple in Hatay Merkez Archeological Museum, Antakya——Of all the things I saw there I love these two the most. Notice her genitalia is heart-shaped. Here they are together for better or worse for all eternity.
SLEEPING ROUGH
Man sleeping on all his valuables—–In the Hatay Merkez Archeological Museum. He has a man-bag just like all those ancient statues.
STONE ECHO OF RAPE
-in Hatay——All that remains of the lady is her refusal, pushing the satyr away. Now imagine someone commissioning this statue, and what it must have looked like.
LIONS & BONES
-How did the ancients know how to portray an enraged roaring lion? Hmmmm? Hatay-Antakya——The big profile at right is the king of the Hatay Merkez Archeological Museum in Antakya; he glows in the cool light.
SHEARED DIONYSIUS
Selçuk Muse – Stuff from Ephesus – Sheared Dionysius 150-200 CE – 4th-Ist C BCE Terracotta – 7th C CE – Tilted table 2-3rd C CE – Marcus Aurelius 2nd C CE——-Selçuk Museum
PRIESTESS & SNAKE
Same size [about as big as your hand] – found in House 2, Ephesus. Trajan fighting Dacians or Parthians- Ivory – Bronze pipe c350 CE – 235-240 CE-Philosopher – A Priapus -Rahibe Priestess 200-250 CE——Selçuk Museum