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 ...

The seven-foot-tall Apollo Belvedere is thought to be a Roman copy of a Greek statue. Stefano Costantino / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images. The Vatican’s famous Apollo Belvedere—a ...

Haise, the legendary Apollo astronaut who was aboard the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission in 1970, is a Biloxi, Miss., native and in February 2022 the City of Biloxi honored its native son by unveiling ...

Lost for centuries, Apollo temple reveals massive statues and rare inscriptions. ... [It was] a richly furnished rural sanctuary of Apollo," said the post, which was translated from Greek to English.

Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi’s Apollo Belvedere has been donated to Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum in lieu of a £10.5 million ($13.1 million) inheritance tax bill. The rare parcel-gilt bronze ...

The 2023 excavation at Italy's Bagno Grande archaeological site revealed an Etruscan-era structure, a bilingual inscription, and a marble Apollo statue, confirming the area's long-standing religious ...

The restoration of Apollo Belvedere, directed by the Vatican Museums’ Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, faced several challenges before its official unveiling on Oct. 15, including the ...

The Department of Antiquities in Cyprus shared a Facebook post about the latest excavation on April 28. The site, the Sanctuary of Apollo at Frangissa, was first discovered in the 19th century ...

Like the Hercules statue, it dates back to the 2nd or early 3rd century AD and likely adorned the fountain, which took its final form in the 8th-9th centuries. We know from sources and archaeological ...

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.

The stone figures once greeted worshipers of the god Apollo, archaeologists said. Temple ruins on uninhabited Greek island reveal 2,400-year-old statues. Take a look ...

Vatican City, Oct 16, 2024 / 14:15 pm. The Vatican Museums this week unveiled one of its most celebrated acquisitions, the “Apollo Belvedere,” after years of intensive restoration work by ...