(CNN) — Turkey is seeking the repatriation from Denmark of what it says is the severed head of a nearly 2,000-year-old Roman statue that was stolen from it decades ago. The bronze statue dates ...

the Turkey Minister of Culture and Tourism. There was just one problem — it was missing its head. The statue depicts a public administrator named Antonius Philagrios and was carved during the ...

in February when the Met was forced to return the headless statue to Turkey after investigators determined it had been looted. Turkish officials said they plan to claim the head in Copenhagen as well.

The statue was believed to have been stolen from a site in Turkey. Turkish authorities say the missing head is in the Danish capital -- where it has been on display at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek ...

The body of the statue, which once resided in a private United States collection, was sent home to Turkey nearly two years ago. The decapitated head was on display in Copenhagen for over 50 years.

"The Septimius Severus statue, which was smuggled from our country in two pieces, will be reunited," a Turkish official stated. "The arch of Septimius Severus, Rome". (photo credit: 5telios is ...

Parts of a huge, exquisitely carved statue of the Roman Emperor Hadrian have been found at an archaeological site in south-central Turkey. The original statue ... So far, the excavators have unearthed ...