Archaeologists in Bulgaria uncovered a nearly 7-foot statue of the ancient Greek god Hermes during a dig this week.

The statue resembles the type known as the Ludovisi Hermes, which typically portrays a youthful, beardless Hermes with a ...

After digging a ditch, they came across an ancient marble statue of a naked man, believed to be a depiction of the Greek god Hermes in a style known as Hermes Ludovisi. According to experts from ...

referring to a famous sculpture of the Greek god Hermes. The statue was discovered on Monday while workers dug a ditch to lay pipes to supply natural gas in the Acropolis neighbourhood.

Work to lay natural gas pipelines near the foot of the Acropolis has uncovered an ancient marble statue of a young man buried almost upright in a brick-lined pit.

"A statue of a naked man of the Hermes Ludovisi type dating to the imperial period from the first to fifth century" was found near the Odeon of Herodes Atticus at the foot of the Acropolis, a ministry ...

A Culture Ministry statement said the nude statue resembles ancient representations of Hermes, messenger of the Greek gods, and may have decorated the townhouse of a wealthy Roman-era Athenian.