Antaeus gained strength every time he touched his mother, the earth, so Hercules defeated him by lifting him high above his head. Credit Line Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Paul Manship ...

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 ...

This sarcophagus offers an unusual perspective of the idea of death—not as an end, but as the beginning of a new path.” ...

Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed a Roman-era sarcophagus that depicts Dionysus beating Hercules in a drinking contest.

Hercules and the Nemean Lion (after Raphael), ca. 1530; 25.3 x 19.4 cm. (10 x 7.6 in.) close. Medium chiaroscuro woodcut Size 25.3 x 19.4 cm. (10 x 7.6 in.) Edition Dummy thicc text, amirite? Sale ...

In a discovery hailed as the “first of its kind,” archaeologists in Israel have found a Roman marble sarcophagus which depicts a scene of the mythical gods Dionysus and Hercules engaged in a drinking ...

The National Gallery was once a leader in exhibitions of Dutch art from the golden age, but that ended with the retirement in 2018 of Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., the long-serving and greatly esteemed ...