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Vatican experts uncovering gilded glory of Hercules statue struck by lightning
By Associated Press
May 13, 2023 3:39 pm

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 ancient world: the gilded Hercules Mastai Righetti.

Vatican Museum restorer Alice Baltera works on restoring 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- (13-foot-) tall Hercules, believed to have stood in ancient Rome’s Pompey Theater, to its original golden sheen. The discovery of the gilded bronze in 1864 during work on a banker’s villa near Piazza dei Fiori made global headlines. AP Photo/Andrew Medichini

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