Sculpture

The 6th-century sculpture of a priest has been stolen from a museum in the Yalvaç district of the southwestern Turkish province of Isparta. 

The 70-centimeter sculpture had been in the garden of the museum, located between the Yalvaç Court House and the Government Office and surrounded by a one-meter wall and two-meter iron fences. 

A public statue of three female figures exhibited outdoors in the Altınordu district of the Black Sea province of Ordu has been attacked for a third time, Doğan News Agency reported on June 6.

The statue was put up by the Ordu Municipality in 2006 but over time it was defaced with graffiti and in 2013 it had to be put into restoration for two months by the sculptor Özgür Özmen. 

Two Greek nationals were arrested Friday for the illegal possession of a kouros statue dated to the 6th century BC. The two suspects, aged 36 and 63, were nabbed during a police check of their car in the area of the Corinth Canal in the Peloponnese.

An exhibition presenting recent works by the acclaimed sculptor Mehmet Aksoy will be shown at Istanbul's Anna Laudel Contemporary through April 20. 

The exhibition, "Esoteric Illusions in the Wind of the Hammer," marks the return of Aksoy's unique aesthetic after five years of seclusion.

Three ancient burial chambers from the Late Antiquity period have been discovered in an olive grove in Turkey’s western Bursa province. The chambers have been put under protection until archaeological teams arrive at the scene, reports said on Sunday.

A ceramic sculpture, which is said to be the biggest one in the history of Turkish underwater history, has been discovered off the coast of the Bozburun neighborhood in the western province of Muğla's Marmaris district.
 
The 2,700-year-old sculpture found during examinations in a ship wreckage, which was unearthed last year in November, belonged to a Cypriot goddess. 

A sarcophagus, which has been unearthed during archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Aigai in the western province of Manisa, was revealed to have been belonged to a school principal after its pieces were reunited. 

A bronze medal depicting a 2nd century BC bust of Athena Promachos is currently on display in the "Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greeks" exhibition at the State Historical Museum of Russia in Moscow. The exhibition, which runs to February, is part of the "Year of Greece in Russia" series of events.

The small sculpture erected in memory of Istanbul's iconic cat "Tombili," which was stolen on Nov. 8, has been returned to its original spot after a social media outcry. 

The renowned Terracotta Warriors of China could possibly have been inspired from ancient Greece, while Greek sculptors, who came into contact with Chinese artists in the 3rd century BC, might have passed on their knowledge to the local artists.