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Archaeologists Discovered a 1,700-Year-Old Statue of Hercules—Without His Head
Archaeologists excavating a private property in Florence, Italy, discovered a 20-inch statue of Hercules missing its head, ...
Everything We Ask of Art Is in These Marbles
The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the ...
Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were More Than Eye Candy—They Were Also Perfumed
Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory senses.
1,700-year-old headless Hercules statue discovered in Italy — here’s where you can see it
A 1,700-year-old marble statue of Hercules has been unearthed at the mediaeval site of Montaione in Tuscany. Discovered by an ...
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The Moment Ancient Greek Masterpiece Was Unearthed at Delphi
The statue of Antinous was discovered by a team of French archaeologists who in 1891 excavated the ancient site of Delphi.
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Teynham Triton statue found at Frognal Lane development was “ritually decapitated”, new study reveals
A Roman sea god statue had its head cut off during a ritual burial, historians have uncovered. The effigy of Triton was dug up off the A2 in Teynham in September last year but a study has now ...
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Last chance to see statue at Cleveland Museum of Art before it’s repatriated to Türkiye
An ancient Greco-Roman statue that’s been one of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s most-prized pieces for decades will soon return to its home country of Türkiye — but it will go on ...
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Art Institute showcases ancient Roman sculptures in unprecedented 'Myth and Marble' exhibit
Statue of a Resting Goat, Body: late 1st century CE; head: attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680). Roman, Imperial Period. Torlonia Collection, Rome. In all, it contains more 600 ...