A rare second-century statue of the mythic hero Hercules has been found in Israel, archaeologists reported today (Aug. 15). The buff marble masterpiece likely decorated a niche in a Roman bathhouse.

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The intervening centuries have left Hercules headless, but his bulging muscles are still apparent, as is his club and the skin of the Nemean lion, which, according to myth, Hercules slew as one of ...

According to myth, one of Hercules’ 12 labors was to slay a Nemean lion, whose skin he later wore. On the statue’s head is a wreath of vine leaves held together by a band that ends at the ...