August 17, 2011

2nd century A.D. statue of Hercules discovered in Israel



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/8703872/Rare-statue-of-Hercules-discovered-in-Northern-Israel.html





A small but highly-detailed and artistically-significant marble statue of Hercules was unearthed during excavations on a railway line in Israel. The statue, which was found near the route of the Roman Via Maris, depicts Hercules leaning on his club and draped in a lion's skin.






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