The statue was found at the ruins of a nymphaeum, a fountain shrine dedicated to the nymphs of Greco-Roman mythology, near the city’s south gate. Alongside the intact Hermes statue were statue ...

A room-sized, 3D diorama at the National Archeological Museum of Naples in Italy, depicts the ancient Roman town of Pompeii before it was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

Excavations on the ruins of a fountain in Aspendos—an ancient Greco-Roman city now located in modern-day Turkey—unearthed a marble statue of the god Hermes. “Figures that remained buried for ...

some depicting mythological themes that highlight Palmyra’s deep cultural ties to the Greco-Roman world. “Syria has a treasure of ruins,” Nabu said, emphasizing the need for preservation ...