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2. In fact, Gaziantep mountain acted as the stronghold much earlier - the first fortress was built here by the Hittite Empire as a watchtower during the second millennium BCE. It was also used during Middle Ages. Still, Roman-Byzantine construction is the core. 
2/ The emerged, face first, as a bulldozer was tearing through old pipelines that needed replacing. An archaeologist overseeing the work immediately intervened. Apart from the torso, fragments of arms and feet that were part of the statue were found. 