New excavations at the ancient thermal baths of San Casciano dei Bagni in Tuscany, Italy have yielded a life-sized, well-preserved statue of the mythical figure Apollo Sauroktonos—the latest discovery ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the "beautiful" head of a marble statue thought to depict an ancient Greco-Roman god. A team led by Natalia Poulou of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki found the ...

Archaeologists excavating a cult sanctuary in San Casciano dei Bagni found a broken statue of Apollo the Lizard-Slayer, photos show. Photo from the Italian Culture Ministry Centuries ago, a marble ...

Archaeologists excavating a 2,000-year-old sanctuary in Italy found eggs and bronze figures left in a hot spring as gifts, photos show. Photo from Ludovico Salerno and the SABAP-SI Comune di San ...

An ancient sanctuary missing for 140 years has been rediscovered on Cyprus, officials say. Screengrab from the Department of Antiquities Cyprus' Facebook post Nearly one and a half centuries ago, a ...

The Rod of Asclepius remains a symbol of health and medicine around the world to this day. Asclepius was a demi-god son of ...

Entering the temple, ancient worshipers passed under several sets of watchful marble eyes. The stone statues once gazed across a bustling settlement. Millennia later, the fragmented figures are the ...