If so, one artwork would have to be considered a prime suspect, at least in the popular imagination: the large and rare ancient bronze statue of the Greek god Apollo the museum bought in 2004.

The statue has been at center of intrigue since its purchase, but museum officials appear certain they have a priceless work by ancient Greek sculptor Praxiteles, and they're letting it shine.

The seven-foot-tall statue of Apollo was discovered in the ruins of an ancient Roman house in 1489. It has been at the Vatican since the early 1500s, when Pope Julius II decided to bring the ...

The bronze statue was originally located in the Temple of Apollo in Pompeii and dates from about 100 BC, according to the Getty. The majority of the figure was unearthed in pieces in 1817, and a ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a "spectacular" ancient temple housing hundreds of statues dedicated to the Greek God Apollo. The site, known as the Sanctuary of Apollo, is located in a remote ...

Archaeologists Find Ancient Statue of Apollo That Probably Adorned a Magnificent Fountain The marble bust sheds new light on the layered history of a 2,000-year-old Greek city ...

This statue head was found in the ancient city of Philippi in northeastern Greece. Experts believe the statue is of the Greco-Roman god Apollo. Hellenic Ministry of Culture ...

New excavations at the ancient thermal baths of San Casciano dei Bagni in Tuscany, Italy have yielded a life-sized, well-preserved statue of the mythical figure Apollo Sauroktonos—the latest ...

A colossal statue of Apollo, the Greek god of the sun, light, music and poetry, has emerged from white calcified cliffs in southwestern Turkey, Italian archaeologists announced.

Ivory Fragments of Apollo Are From 1 A.D. Police have recovered fragments of an ancient Roman ivory statue of Apollo that were illegally excavated several years ago near the Italian capital ...