{"id":461795,"date":"2026-05-22T13:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/461795\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:37:09","slug":"roman-venus-bust-found-on-spanish-beach-stuns-archaeologists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/461795\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman Venus Bust Found on Spanish Beach Stuns Archaeologists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tovima.com\" onclick=\"gtag(&#039;event&#039;, &#039;google-preferred-source&#039;);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"google-preferred-source\" aria-label=\"\u03a0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03b8\u03ae\u03ba\u03b7 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 tovima.com \u03c9\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u03cc\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b7 \u03c0\u03b7\u03b3\u03ae \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7 Google\">          \u039cake us preferred on Google <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">A remarkable archaeological find has come to light in Spain. Pre-summer renovation work at Almadraba beach in Alicante uncovered an object roughly 2,000 years old, dating to the Roman period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Workers were left speechless when they came across a white marble head that, according to experts, dates to the High Imperial Roman period, specifically the 1st or 2nd century AD. Archaeologists believe the sculpture most likely depicts the goddess Venus. Despite minor damage to the nose, the bust is in exceptional condition and is considered to be of incalculable cultural and historical value. It measures 22.22 centimeters in height and 19.78 centimeters in width.<\/p>\n<p>The Significance of the Find<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The Alicante city council described the object as a \u201cRoman head of great artistic quality and in an excellent state of preservation.\u201d Archaeologists are already ranking it among the most significant Roman-era finds in the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Almadraba beach has been classified as an archaeological site for the past 15 years, following the discovery of the ruins of a Roman villa in the area. It is believed that the marble head formed part of the decorative sculpture of that same residence, which was first identified in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>NEWSLETTER TABLE TALK<\/p>\n<p>Never miss a story.<br \/>Subscribe now.The most important news &amp; topics every week in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Following the discovery, renovation work at the beach has been temporarily suspended to allow archaeological investigations to continue safely and thoroughly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u039cake us preferred on Google A remarkable archaeological find has come to light in Spain. Pre-summer renovation work&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[199948,199949,307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60,2846],"class_list":["post-461795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-ancient-artifact","tag-antiquities","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}