a celestial globe from classical antiquity is in the naples national archaeological museum, italy. the globe is part of a sculpture – the globe is held up by a statue of atlas, a titan from greek mythology. the ancient romans made the globe and statue in the 2nd century ad. they may have copied the sculpture from hellenistic art (art of the ancient greek type) from the hellenistic period (the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd centuries bc). the sculpture's name is the "farnese atlas".