Massive Sarcophagus Depicting 'Drinking Contest' Between Hercules and Dionysus Unearthed in Israel The Israel Antiquities ...

Archaeologists believe that a wealthy family that enjoyed a rousing lifestyle commissioned the piece to reflect their ...

Small Praxitelean marble statue of god Dionysus with a wreath of ivy and pine nuts on the head. Traces of color are preserved at the beard and the hair. Credit: Egisto Sani, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 The ...

A video of an AI robot sculpting a marble statue has left the internet fuming, with people asking why we are not using AI to find cures for diseases. The Studio Ghibli trend took over the internet ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically ... in rituals related to Dionysus, the Greek god of wine ...

The sculpture dates back to the Hellenistic period between 323 B.C. and 31 B.C. Authorities in Greece are investigating after a 2,000-year-old marble statue was discovered wrapped in a trash bag ...

Greece: A marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, police said Wednesday. A resident discovered ...

Labourers digging a ditch to lay gas pipes in Athens uncovered an ancient marble statue and Roman-era archeological objects, the culture ministry said on Tuesday. “A statue of a naked man of the ...

Watch as an incredible worker brings an angel statue to life from marble with amazing skill. The process involves detailed carving and shaping, turning a solid block of marble into a stunning ...

Stefano Costantino / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images The Vatican’s famous Apollo Belvedere—a marble statue of the Greek god of archery, music and dance—is finally back on public ...

Archaeologists in Rome have found a large marble head of Dionysus, also known as Bacchus – the ancient Roman god of wine, dance and fertility. The discovery was made during excavations in the heart of ...

Album/DEA Picture Library Fruit of the vineA youthful Dionysus is crowned with grapes in a first-century A.D. marble statue at the Naples Archaeological Museum. ACI/Alamy After his extraordinary ...