Athena Bust, Vatican Museums

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The colossal head of Athena from an acrolith statue dating to the late 1st century CE and believed to be a copy of an original by Phidias. Provenance: Tor Paterno. (The Vatican Museums, Rome).

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Mark Cartwright
Mark is WHE’s Publishing Director and has an MA in Political Philosophy (University of York). He is a full-time researcher, writer, historian and editor. Special interests include art, architecture and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share.

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Cartwright, M. (2013, May 06). Athena Bust, Vatican Museums. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1189/athena-bust-vatican-museums/

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Cartwright, Mark. "Athena Bust, Vatican Museums." World History Encyclopedia, May 06, 2013. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1189/athena-bust-vatican-museums/.

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