Colossal Head of Marcus Aurelius' Aunt Found

In Colossal Head of Roman Empress Unearthed, the Archaeological Institute of America released the information (from August 12, 2008) that archaeologists had identified a 2.5' (.76 m) head of Faustina, the wife of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius, who preceded Marcus Aurelius as emperor. Marc Waelkens leads the archaeological team in the ancient Greco-Roman city of Sagalassos, in modern Turkey. They had found a colossal statue of Hadrian in the Roman baths there a year ago. That statue is the centerpiece of a current exhibit on Hadrian at the British Museum.