The Farnese Atlas
By Rossella Lorenzi, Discovery News
Jan. 19, 2005 — An ancient star catalogue lost for centuries has emerged from a Titan's shoulder, according to a study into a Roman statue of Atlas presented at the recent American Astronomical Society meeting in San Diego, Calif.
Known as the Farnese Atlas, the seven-foot-tall marble statue depicting the mythical Titan carrying the Earth on his shoulder is a Roman copy from the 2nd century A.D. of a Greek original dating to before the birth of Christ.
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