The votive plaque was found amid the ruins of an ancient Roman fortress. Researchers think a temple dedicated to the mysterious deity may have stood nearby ...

An excavation at a Roman fortress in the country of Georgia has revealed a gold offering to a god of war, a colorful mosaic ...

The big three The three most important gods were Jupiter (protector of the ... In the same way, the Persian god Mithras was popular with the Roman legions – many of whose soldiers had served ...

How many moons does Jupiter have? Scientists have discovered dozens of them, but the answer may be more complicated than it ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare gold artifact inscribed with ancient Greek text dedicated to Jupiter at a Roman fortress ...

The gold object features an inscription dedicated to an ancient deity who was particularly revered by soldiers.

By the first century before the common era, however, his identity had merged with the more serious Roman god Jupiter. And this new Zeus/Jupiter was to become the supremely just, powerful ...

Much more recently, beginning in 1892, dozens of far smaller Jovian moons have been detected and have received the names of lovers (or other sexual partners) or daughters of the Roman god Jupiter or ...

The icy shell encasing Europa – named for a woman from Greek mythology abducted by Zeus (Jupiter, in Roman mythology) – was first detected in 1972 through telescope observations. Thermal ...

In tandem, this transit’s energy = chaotic hope. Jupiter is named after the Roman god of the sky — a wielder of lightning, perky nipples and undulating facial hair. Cobe – stock.adobe.com ...

The chorus of this song makes the link between the many deities of Roman mythology and the planets in the night sky – Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Mercury, etc. Mercury’s ‘Mystery Tour’ takes ...