This astonishingly well-preserved Hercules relic was found 23 feet deep inside a Roman garbage dump, where the anaerobic environment allowed it to remain largely intact even after two millennia.

During preparation for construction of a new housing project in Ibiza, Spain, archaeologists oversaw a controlled drainage of the land. As they sifted through soggy layers, they were surprised to find some truly astonishing ancient artifacts — including a 2,000-year-old wooden figurine that appears to be a carving of the famous mythological hero Hercules.

Not only is it incredibly rare to find wooden artifacts like this, but this small figurine also provides a fascinating look into Ibiza’s ancient past some two millennia ago, when it was a Roman city known as Ebusus.

The Ancient Hercules Figurin

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