The God Jupiter depicted in sculpture Aside from the spirits, worshipped privately at home, the Romans had a large number of public gods. Many gods were believed to have taken part in the founding ...

Archaeologists have found a fresco in an ancient Pompeii bedroom depicting a sensual scene of the Roman god Jupiter and a ... It appeared the artist was inspired by a 4th century B.C. sculpture by ...

CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND—A limestone sculpture depicting the Roman god Jupiter that was recently excavated from a quarry in central England has been donated to Cambridge University. Dating to between ...

The emperor's intricately-carved clothes feature symbols from Roman mythology: Jupiter's thunderbolt, the head of Medusa and two griffins representing Apollo, Şimşek said.

A Roman sculpture of the god Jupiter, dating from between the 2nd and 4th Century AD, has been donated to a Cambridge University museum. Hanson Aggregates, which owns the Earith quarry where it ...

A sculpture of a mysterious, never-before-seen Roman deity has been unearthed in an ancient temple in Turkey. "It's clearly a god, but at the moment it's difficult to say who exactly it is," said ...

A team of archeologists found a well-preserved statue of the Roman god Hercules The artifact, which was found at a site in the ancient city of Philippi, dates to about 2,000 years ago ...

In Roman mythology, the eagle was a symbol of Jupiter, the chief god of the Roman pantheon. The eagle was also thought to carry the soul of a deceased emperor to the heavens, making it an ...

The Jupiter Dolichenus cult likely went global because soldiers for the Roman Empire were often recruited from the god's native land. Here, a relief of the god, along with the goddess Juno, which ...

A sculpture of a mysterious, never-before-seen Roman deity has been unearthed in an ancient temple in Turkey. The 1st century B.C. relief, of an enigmatic bearded god rising up out of a flower or ...