The marble statue likely depicts the Greek god Apollo and decorated a fountain in Philippi. Greek Ministry of Education In the ancient Greek city of Philippi, researchers have discovered the head ...

This statue head was found in the ancient city of Philippi in northeastern Greece. Experts believe the statue is of the Greco-Roman god Apollo. This statue head was found in the ancient city of ...

A century later, Philippi continues to offer up ancient treasures in the form of the Apollo head and the statue of Hercules. Excavations at the ancient site will continue, and archaeologists will ...

Detail of the head of the sculpture of Apollo. Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture This beautiful head appears to belong to a statue of the god Apollo. Like the Hercules statue, it dates back to the 2nd ...

and the statue’s presence likely points to a celebration both of exquisite artistry and the city’s cultural continuity. The head of Apollo was found east of the Philippi’s southern main road ...

The head, which was found by 15 archaeology ... to the 2nd or 3rd century CE. While the statue was likely once worshipped as a representation of Apollo, it is believed to have been repurposed ...

THESSALONIKI, GREECE—According to an ArtNet News report, a marble head depicting Apollo, the ancient Greek ... The 2,000-year-old sculpture shows a young man with curly hair and a laurel crown.

Following the discovery of the statue in Rome in 1489, Pope Julius II requested the Apollo Belvedere to be brought to the Vatican in the early 16th century to be part of a papal collection known ...