Archaeologists from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki recently unearthed a remarkably well-preserved marble head of the Greek god Apollo in the ancient city of Philippi, northwest Greece.
The Vatican’s famous Apollo Belvedere—a marble statue of the Greek god of archery, music and dance—is finally back on public display after a five-year restoration.
VATICAN CITY, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The Vatican Museums unveiled on Tuesday a restoration of one of the crown jewels of their collection, a 2nd century marble sculpture of the Greek god Apollo that ...
Besides the carbon-fibre rod, the restorers also replaced the statue's left hand with a cast taken from a fragment of a plaster copy of the original Greek statue made in Roman times. The "Apollo ...
The Apollo Belvedere is a marble sculpture of the eponymous Greek god dating back to the 2nd century CE. The statue, executed by Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli, is a Roman copy of an original bronze ...