Mythological sarcophagus relief excavated in Caesarea

ICONOGRAPHIC FUNERARY ARCHAEOLOGY: Archaeologists find unique 1,700-year-old sarcophagus depicting booze battle with a god. A marble coffin with vivid carvings of a fabled face-off between Heracles and Dionysus discovered in Caesarea is the sole example in the region and likely belonged to a wealthy family (Rossella Tercatin, Times of Israel).

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