Dozens of beautifully preserved, 2,000-year-old bronze statues were found in what Italian authorities are calling an "exceptional" discovery from a sacred thermal spring that will “rewrite history.” The bronzes, which were found in a perfect state of conservation alongside 5,000 gold, silver and bronze coins, include entire figures of deities, individual body parts and organs. The objects will give experts a better understanding of transition from the Etruscan civilization to the expansion of the Roman Empire, a period marked by war and conflict across central Italy between the second and first centuries B.C., dig coordinator Jacopo Tabolli said. 📸 Courtesy of the Italian Culture Ministry