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 ...

The marble sculpture joins the trove of 24 bronze figures that were unearthed from the thermal baths in 2022, which included depictions of Apollo and the goddess of health Hygieia.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Art World A Couple Donated a Rare 16th-Century Statue to a U.K. Museum to Cover Their Inheritance Tax Bill. Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum has received the bronze sculpture of Apollo.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...