A new marble sculpture has been recovered in the town of Herculaneum and dates back to the first century AD. The statue will be sent to Naples to join an already amassed collection of items from the destroyed remains of towns by Mount Vesuvius. The marble statue depicts that of Dionysus, the Greek counterpart of the god of wine. along with Dionysus, one of his female followers,a Minead, appears to be following him. There are also two other figures following him, a man and a woman, but there identities are yet to be discovered.
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