Explore the mystique of the 7 Wonders of The Ancient World, from the towering Pyramids to the legendary Lighthouse of Alexandria.

The ancient Athenian Bouphonia ritual was a peculiar festival dedicated to Zeus, involving an unlawful ox sacrifice carried out in secret.

Photo: Jim Claven One particularly interesting funerary stele which is displayed near the monument is that created for a fallen warrior, Panchares the son of Leochares.

Social Security announces higher payments are on the way for millions of former public workers Associated Press February 25, 2025 A close-up view of currency with the face of Leochares ...

Four of the ancient world’s greatest sculptors, Leochares, Bryaxis, Scopas, and Timotheus, were commissioned to decorate the monument, each master assigned one of its four facades.

The Apollo Belvedere—chiseled in the second century, excavated from a ruin over a millennium later, and installed at the ...

A staple sculpture in the Vatican Museums’ collection that was made by the Florentine Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli after Leochares’ ancient Greek original, the famous Apollo has been off duty since 2019 ...

The "Apollo Belvedere" is in fact considered to be a marble copy of a bronze from around 330 BC attributed to Leochares, one of the foremost sculptors of his time.

The Vatican Museums on Tuesday unveiled the restoration of the celebrated second-century "Apollo Belvedere" sculpture following five years of work.