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

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The sarcophagus was discovered outside the known walls of Caesarea, indicating that the ancient city was far more extensive ...

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“This is the very first time [we’ve found] the Dionysus and Hercules wine competition scene on a burial coffin in our region,” says Nohar Shahar, an archaeologist at the Israel Antiquities ...

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

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