Photos: Treasures of a Late Roman-Era Shipwreck

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Moon Goddess

Moon Goddess

(Image credit: Ran Feinstein)

The discovery of a small statue of Luna, the moon goddess, identifiable by her crescent headdress. This statuette ended up at the bottom of the harbor right around the time that Emperor Constantine was ending the persecution of Christians and moving toward Christianity as the state religion of the Roman Empire. [Read the full story on the Roman-era shipwreck]

Stephanie Pappas
Stephanie Pappas
Live Science Contributor

Stephanie Pappas is a contributing writer for Live Science, covering topics ranging from geoscience to archaeology to the human brain and behavior. She was previously a senior writer for Live Science but is now a freelancer based in Denver, Colorado, and regularly contributes to Scientific American and The Monitor, the monthly magazine of the American Psychological Association. Stephanie received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of South Carolina and a graduate certificate in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.