The symbolism of the carved accessories of the woman may identify her as a priestess of Ceres, indicating her involvement in ...

Two life-sized statues have been unearthed in Pompeii, including a bejewelled priestess of the ancient goddess Ceres.

Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the biggest prize in the ancient world – her own world came crashing down. In the middle of the civil war that would bring ...

Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a deadly volcano wiped out the ancient Roman city . Researchers say the nearly ...

They were often decorated with relief sculptures depicting ... evolving artistic sensibilities of the Roman period. The Classical era of ancient Greek sculpture, which emerged in the 5th century ...

Discovered in the yard of a house in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, the one-chamber tomb is decorated with sculpted reliefs that provide new insights into ancient funerary practices.

Slavery had a long history in the ancient world and was practiced in Ancient Egypt and Greece, as well as Rome. Most slaves during the Roman Empire were foreigners and, unlike in modern times ...

New research suggests that sculptures were perfumed with sweet-smelling fragrances such as rose and beeswax Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent In ancient ... all-white Greco-Roman sculpture persisted ...

Unusually for a a sacred site, this sculpture was dedicated to Fundilia ... much frequented by the Roman emperors. Diana had a close affinity with slaves, her feast day on 13th August being ...

You could buy or win your freedom. Lots of people wanted to be a Roman citizen. This bronze sculpture of the wolf that rescued Romulus and Remus was made in about 500BC. The babies were added in ...