Vatican Museum restorer Alice Baltera works on the bronze Hercules statue, in the Round Hall of the Vatican Museums, Thursday, May 11, 2023. Work will continue until December to reveal the 4-meter ...

Vatican Museum restorers work on the bronze Hercules statue, in the Round Hall of the Vatican Museums, Thursday, May 11, 2023.

Vatican Museum restorers work on the bronze Hercules statue, in the Round Hall of the Vatican Museums, Thursday, May 11, 2023.

As archaeologists and specialists continue to examine the statue, they have chosen to name the petite marble wonder, Hercules of Valdelsa, and are even more excited to share their discovery at the ...

The statue has been variously dated from the end of the first to the beginning of the third centuries — and a lightning strike helped ensure its preservation.

Vatican Museum restorer Alice Baltera works on the bronze Hercules statue, in the Round Hall of the Vatican Museums, Thursday, May 11, 2023. Work will continue until December to reveal the 4-meter ...

VATICAN CITY – Scaffolding in a niche of the Vatican Museums’ Round Hall conceal from view the work of restorers who are removing centuries of grime from the largest known bronze statue of the ...

Vatican Museum restorer Alice Baltera works on the bronze Hercules statue, in the Round Hall of the Vatican Museums, Thursday, May 11, 2023. Work will continue until December to reveal the 4-meter- ...

Vatican Museum restorer Alice Baltera works on the bronze Hercules statue, in the Round Hall of the Vatican Museums, Thursday, May 11, 2023. Work will continue until December to reveal the 4-meter ...