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A neighborhood in North Carolina is terrified after police said that a family of five was tortured by home invaders for over an hour. The Harnett County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release that the five people were sitting in their garage in Spout Springs with the garage door up when they were confronted by a group of men at about 2 a.m. on June 15. 'They just started sticking it to the body.' The five victims included a father, a mother, their daughter, and the daughter's friend. The fifth victim was not identified. “The victims were forced into the residence where they were assaulted,” said the statement. Police said the group, which could have numbered up to six men, tied up the victims with duct tape and began torturing them with heated metal. "They put a knife and fork on top of the stove and heated it up and they just started sticking it to the body," said Harnett County Sheriff Wayne Coats. "They were trying to get them to tell them where their money and guns were." The father, mother, and daughter were treated for their non-life threatening injuries at UNC-Chapel Hill. The suspects were able to steal some personal possessions and also two of the family's cars. Police said they escaped in either a gray or silver Dodge Challenger with black rims. The family set up a GoFundMe donation account to help them pay for health care costs and to replace what was stolen: My sister's home was burglarized by masked intruders who also physically harmed her and my brother-in-law, including their young children. The entire house was ransacked and several personal belongings were taken. My sister and her family unit are suffering physically, emotionally and mentally. Our extended family and close friends are devastated. Their home was vandalized and their peace of mind and safety will never feel the same. Jeffery Miller, a resident of the neighborhood, said that the incident has terrorized their neighbors. "Yesterday I had security installed," he said. "I thought I was the security, but now I need to have a camera." Police are asking for help from the public to identify the suspects. “Due to the violent nature of this incident we ask that you please share this information,” police said. Harnett County is located in the center of North Carolina and includes about 141k residents. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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Archaeologists excavating a Roman sewer at the ancient site of Heraclea Sintica near Petrich, southwestern Bulgaria, have discovered a large marble statue of Hermes. The statue is larger than life-sized at 6.8 feet high and is in exceptional condition, almost complete with only the hands missing. It is the only complete Roman statue ever found in Heraclea Sintica, and excavation leader Dr. Lyudmil Vagalinski believes it may well be the best-preserved Roman statue in all of Bulgaria. The sculpture is still partially encased in soil — its left side with the chlamys (cloak) draped over the shoulder has not been fully excavated — but it is already evident that this was the work of a master. It is carved from a single block of marble and its style dates it to the 2nd century A.D. The size, contrapposto posture, the chlamys, and the tree trunk support next to his left leg are almost identical to the Atalante Hermes, a marble statue found in central Greece that is a 2nd century copy of a 4th century B.C. original that is believed to have been created by Lysippos, one of the three greatest sculptors of Classical Greece. The Atalante Hermes is missing the caduceus that would have originally been held in his left hand. Fingers crossed that when the Heraclea Sintica Hermes fully emerges from the soil, the caduceus will still be there. The statue was found inside the Cloaca Maxima, the ancient city’s main sewer. The land above this section of the sewer is privately owned, so the city doesn’t have the power to conserved and restore the site as it would with municipal property. Archaeologists are doing what they can to keep erosion from causing irreparable damage to the ancient structures. This time they were sweeping the walls to assess their condition when they exposed a patch of marble. As they continued to clean towards the wall, they uncovered the full statue. It was found lying on its side facing the sewer wall, so it must have been carefully placed there before being covered with dirt. Dr. Vagalinski suspects the townspeople buried the statue after the earthquake that damaged much of the city in 388 A.D. It was this protective burial that preserved the statue, alone among its many brethren, for 1700 years. Christianity was the majority religion by this point, and while Emperor Theodosius I was fairly moderate in his approach to paganism even as he declared Christianity the official and only state religion, many of his administrators and subjects were virulently anti-pagan. Temples were destroyed and statues toppled. That is why most of the Roman statues found in Bulgaria are headless; they were deliberately decapitated as symbols of the destruction of the old religion. This statue somehow escaped the fate of its Olympian brothers and sisters, and its tender treatment suggests it was rescued by people who respected its religious significance or at least its cultural value. Founded in the 4th century B.C. by Philip II of Macedon, Heraclea Sintica was the premier city of northeast Macedonia. It was conquered by the Roman Republic in the 2nd century B.C. It was an important city in the Imperial era, but rapidly declined at the 388 earthquake and another one in 425 A.D. that destroyed its infrastructure. By 500 A.D., the city was abandoned. Its identity was only rediscovered in 2002 when an inscription bearing its name was unearthed. When the statue is fully excavated, it will be raised in a custom-built structure so that the heavy, delicate sculpture can be safely removed from the sewer. It will then be crated and lifted by crane for transport to the History Museum in Petrich where it will be conserved for eventual public display.

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