Berenice Venus

Berenice Venus or "The Benghazi Venus" is an ancient Cyrenaican Greek marble statue of the goddess of sexuality and erotic love Venus (150-100 BC). It was found in Benghazi, Libya. which may have once marked the location of the legendary Lake Tritonis.[1] It is currently located in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

References

  1. ↑ The Benghazi Venus

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