Archaeologists working in the town of Montaione, near Florence, Italy, recently announced the discovery of a miniature statue depicting the Greco-Roman hero Hercules. Standing just 20 inches tall ...

Hercules was often depicted with the Nemean lion skin in statues and art, along with a variety of his unique weapons, but experts said finding art showing him capturing the bull is rare.

See the myth of Hercules carved into this ancient sarcophagus The Velletri Sarcophagus is a masterpiece of Roman funerary art. Fusing Asian and Greek styles, its mythological reliefs depict the ...

In the aftermath of the blast, art historian Gregory Buchakjian published an article identifying two paintings in the collection by renowned Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi — Penitent ...

The lower body looks to be the Nemean lion, slain by Hercules as part of his atonement for having murdered his wife and children, but it is topped by what appears to be the several heads of the ...