The colossal statue of Emperor Hadrian: its head in the Archaeological Museum

The Bust of Hadrian, found in Piraeus, is actually the surviving upper part of a colossal statue of Roman Emperor Hadrian, now kept in the Archaeological Museum of Piraeus in Athens. The statue’s remains were found in 1963 in the port of Piraeus. Hadrian visited Athens in 124 AD, and it was shortly after that visit when the statue was built. The statue is made of Pentelic marble, and the head and the front surface of the torso are much worn by sea erosion. The sea shells stuck on its surface prove that the area found, just outside the wall, was under sea levels in ancient times.

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