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Terracotta Statuette of Aphrodite

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Terracotta Statuette of Aphrodite
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Aphrodite in situ

A terracotta statuette of the goddess Aphrodite from the Hellenistic period found in a cave on Israel’s Carmel Range and used in pagan worship which Antiochus IV sought to impose on the Jews.

Pearlman, Moshe, The Macabees. London- Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1973.

See also-

Aphrodite, 2nd century CE

Posted in: Hellenistic Period

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