The Roman-era statue was discovered in 1993 in an ancient bathhouse at an archaeological dig in Beit Shean, a small city near the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee. The Hebrew University archeologists who excavated the Venus sculpture uncovered several works that were also intended to decorate the lavish bathing area, including Dionysus, a goddess Athena, a headless emperor and a nymph.
Beit Shean seems to have been a very cosmopolitan place.
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