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, ...
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1700-Yr-Old Marble Statue of Hercules Depicting His Heroism Found in Italy with Severed Head Stuns Archaeologists
Yr-Old Marble Statue of Hercules Depicting His Heroism Found in Italy with Severed Head Stuns Archaeologists. Multiple Roman ...
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 ...
An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
An ancient bronze griffin head, stolen nearly a century ago, has been returned to the Archaeological Museum of Olympia ...
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Met Museum Returning Ancient Bronze Thought Stolen from Greek Museum
It said research by the Met and Greek authorities showed the antiquity had been stolen. The head came to the Met in a bequest from Walter C. Baker, a financier and art collector and Met trustee ...
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Archaeologists Found a Majestic Ancient Statue of Hermes Buried Under a Fountain
which itself comes from the Greek word for foam: “aphros.” Both heads reflect similar stylistic qualities to the Hermes statue, and to other pieces of the time. Torso pieces were also found in ...
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Metropolitan Museum repatriates ancient bronze griffin head that was stolen from Greek institution
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning a bronze griffin’s head from the ... The cast-bronze sculpture, which has been on display at the entrance to the Met’s Greek and Roman galleries ...