Archaeologists unearthed a 1700-year-old statue of the Greek god Pan in Istanbul

Turkish archaeologists have unearthed a 1700-year-old statue of the Greek god Pan, a marble figure, during excavations at Turkiye's Saraçhane Archaeological Park in Istanbul.

A Pan statue thought to belong to the Roman period was recovered during excavation works carried out by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) teams at Saraçhane Archaeology Park, where the Church of St. Polyeuctus is located.

There are modest ruins of a structure that was once the largest church in Constantinople and was constructed to resemble the Solomon Temple in Jerusalem in a small park right in the middle of Istanbul’s Fatih neighborhood, close to the location of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.

Before the erection of the new Hagia Sophia by Emperor Justinian in 537, the Church of Saint Polyeuctus was the largest temple in Constantinople.