Vatican Experts Unveil Centuries-Old Hercules Statue After Decades of Restoration Work The statue has been variously dated from the end of the first to the beginning of the third centuries. Even ...

An ancient statue of an individual dressed as Hercules was discovered during repairs to a sewer system in Rome, archaeologists said. The nearly intact marble sculpture was found in a 60-foot pit ...

VATICAN CITY – 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 ...

An ancient statue of an individual dressed as Hercules was discovered during repairs to a sewer system in Rome, archaeologists said. The nearly intact marble sculpture was found in a 60-foot pit ...

An ancient statue of an individual dressed as Hercules was discovered during repairs to a sewer system in Rome, archaeologists said. The nearly intact marble sculpture was found in a 60-foot pit ...

Archaeologists discovered a 1,700-year-old 20-inch statue of Hercules in Florence, Italy. A student with a pickaxe discovered the miniature marble statue in three fragments.

The sculpture’s wrinkled face draws comparisons to depictions of Decius, which are also characterized by a furrowed brow meant to evoke a concern for the state, archaeologists said.

The statue shows a figure wearing the skin of the Nemean lion, a beast killed by Hercules as part of 12 labors he had to carry out. The face of the statue, however, is not that of Hercules.

According to myth, one of Hercules’ 12 labors was to slay a Nemean lion, whose skin he later wore. On the statue’s head is a wreath of vine leaves held together by a band that ends at the ...

An ancient statue of Hercules dating back nearly 2,000 years has been discovered in Greece. The sculpture was found as part of a building and is "larger than life," according to Greece's Ministry ...