Archaeologists excavating a private property in Florence, Italy, discovered a 20-inch statue of Hercules missing its head, though not altogether headless. Despite no cranium on the Greek hero, the ...

The available parts show Hercules wielding a club and wearing a lion's skin. Both of these facets ... the artifact was the presence of a bull’s head at Hercules' feet. This was unique, because ...

Although the statue’s body is clearly that of Hercules, complete with a lion skin over one arm and a club in the other, the head did not match. Archaeologists believe it was replaced in ...

It portrays the legendary figure wielding a club and draped in a lion’s skin—both iconic ... statue apart is the presence of a bull’s head at Hercules’ feet. This detail is highly unusual ...