An incredible marble statue of Hermes, the messenger of Zeus, along with statue fragments of other ancient Greek deities have been unearthed in Turkey.
Turkish archaeologists unearthed an ancient statue of Hermes, the winged messenger of the gods, in the Greco-Roman city of Aspendos. It was found alongside objects associated with other major deities ...
and Eros (god of love), were also discovered, alongside fragments linked to Artemis (goddess of hunting) and Nemesis (symbol of justice). Aspendos (or Aspendus) was an ancient Greco-Roman city ...
Roman religion was split in two ... Other major gods included Mars (god of war), Mercury (god of trade and messenger of the gods) and Bacchus (god of grapes and wine production).
The finds were uncovered at the site of a 3rd century AD temple to the Roman god Mithras, in the modern-day City of London.