New, almost life-size statues discovered in a necropolis in Pompeii. Details about the possible Roman priestess.

The pieces in this exhibition convey a great sense of what it must have been like to encounter these works in their ...

In some instances, the scents were also applied in ways that helped preserve the statues. While reading ancient Greco-Roman texts, Brøns noticed a handful of references to sweet-smelling statues.

Located near the Tombe di Via Latina, the carved stone was likely treated as construction material at the time of the ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved ... discovery of a monumental tomb crowned by life-size sculptures of a woman and man, just outside the gates ...

A statue that tests conclude was likely present at Sebasteion in the ancient city of Bubon, Turkey will depart the Cleveland ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York ...

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility ...

Pompeii Archaeological Park Two nearly life-size statues have been discovered inside a cemetery in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 C.E. Experts think ...

The ancient Greeks and Romans often doused their statues in perfume, a recent study found. Published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology, the study adds to evidence that statues were more than ...

Experts believe the use of a Roman statue as fill for a Christian church ... six centuries A.D. When digging through the rubble of an ancient church foundation, archaeologists found something ...