Archaeologists in Caesarea, an ancient port city located on the Mediterranean coast of modern-day Israel, have discovered a 1 ...

Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed a Roman-era sarcophagus that depicts Dionysus beating Hercules in a drinking contest.

"It was like a scene out of a movie… we couldn't believe what we were seeing." During excavations in Caesarea, Israel, ...

An ancient Roman sarcophagus found in Israel, featuring the Greek god Dionysus and Hercules, looks like a scene straight out ...

The 1,700-year-old marble sarcophagus bears a mythological scene of Dionysus and Heracles in a drinking contest.

"The entire excavation team stood around excitedly, and as we cleared more sand, we couldn't believe what we were seeing" - ...

Israeli archaeologists working at a site outside of Caesarea uncovered an exquisitely carved marble sarcophagus that had been buried for nearly 1,700 years, according to a statement released by the ...

Newly-uncovered 1,700-year-old marble sarcophagus bears mythological scene of Dionysus and Heracles in a drinking contest.

This is the first time we are finding the scene of the wine contest between the god Dionysus and Hercules on a sarcophagus in our region,' said archaeologist Nohar Shahar. A rare Roman sarcophagus ...