A Roman statue of Atlas — the mythical titan who carried the heavens on his shoulders — holds clues to the long-lost work of the ancient astronomer Hipparchus, a historian says.

The project: Atlas, scrubbed. Rockefeller Center’s iconic statue of Greek mythology’s burdened giant is set to get its most thorough cleaning in decades, starting this week. The 4-story-tall, 7-ton ...

The Atlas statue is appropriately large for the god-like figure and is the biggest sculpture in the entire Rockefeller Center complex. The statue itself is 15 feet tall.

Atlas, Rockefeller Center's iconic statue of Greek mythology's burdened giant, is set to get its most thorough cleaning in decades. IE 11 is not supported.

The work of 49-year-old Lee Lawrie, member of Washington’s Federal Art Commission, long famed for his work on Nebraska’s State Capitol, it shows a beardless, youthful Atlas stepping up to a ...

A 350-year-old bronze statue of Atlas on top of the palace on Dam Square has been temporarily released from its burden as the globe was lowered to the ground in the next phase of an extensive ...

SAN DIEGO - A Roman statue of Atlas — the mythical titan who carried the heavens on his shoulders — holds clues to the long-lost work of the ancient astronomer Hipparchus, an astronomical ...