In a discovery hailed as the “first of its kind,” archaeologists in Israel have found a Roman marble sarcophagus which ...

Archaeologists in Caesarea, an ancient port city located on the Mediterranean coast of modern-day Israel, have discovered a 1 ...

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

A marble coffin with vivid carvings of a fabled face-off between Heracles and Dionysus discovered in Caesarea is the sole ...

"It was like a scene out of a movie… we couldn't believe what we were seeing." During excavations in Caesarea, Israel, ...

The sarcophagus was discovered outside the known walls of Caesarea, indicating that the ancient city was far more extensive ...

Israeli archaeologists working at a site outside of Caesarea uncovered an exquisitely carved marble sarcophagus that had been ...

"The entire excavation team stood around excitedly, and as we cleared more sand, we couldn't believe what we were seeing" - ...

An ancient Roman sarcophagus found in Israel, featuring the Greek god Dionysus and Hercules, looks like a scene straight out ...

This is the first time we are finding the scene of the wine contest between the god Dionysus and Hercules on a sarcophagus in ...

Sarcophagus of the Spouses, one of the most celebrated artifacts of Etruscan art will undergo a restoration in full view of ...

In this intact side of the sarcophagus, Hercules reclines on a lion skin after losing a drinking contest to Dionysus. | Credit: Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority A 1,700-year-old Roman ...