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The head of a 2,000-year-old statue of Hercules has been found in the world-famous Antikythera shipwreck, as well as other artifacts like human teeth. The ship carrying the mysterious Antikythera ...

Scaffolding in a niche of the Vatican Museums’ Round Hall conceal from view the work of restorers who are removing centuries of grime from the largest known bronze statue of the ancient world: the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Scaffolding in a niche of the Vatican Museums' Round Hall conceal from view the work of restorers who are removing centuries of grime from the largest known bronze statue of the ...

A statue of Hercules was unearthed by workers repairing a sewage system in Rome, archaeologists said. Photo from the Parco Archeologico dell'Appia Antica An ancient statue of an individual dressed as ...

A team of professors and students found the statue in the ancient city of Philippi. (all images via Greek Ministry of Sports and Culture) A team of three professors and 24 students have unearthed a ...

The Hercules Mastai Righetti “got his eternity … because having been struck by lightning, it was considered a sacred object, which preserved it until about 150 years ago.” The burial protected the ...

But it was only after removing a layer of wax and other material from a 19th-century restoration that Vatican experts understood the statue’s true splendor as one of the most significant gilded ...