The statue, created in the fifth century B.C.E., was one of roughly 38 similar Atlas monuments built into the temple. They stood in a line between columns with their arms raised, appearing to hold ...

Atlas holding the world, illustration by Calderón de la Barca (1653). Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons Diodorus Siculus claimed that Atlas was a legendary king of Mauretania, a mathematician, ...

A 350-year-old bronze statue of Atlas on top of the palace on Dam Square has been temporarily released from its burden as the globe was lowered to the ground in the next phase of an extensive ...