Life-size sculptures — of a possible priestess and her husband — found at Pompeii
Nearly 2,000 years after a volcanic eruption caused hot ash to blanket the city, construction on railway lines revealed a ...
Life-Size Sculptures Uncovered In Pompeii Show That Ancient Women Didn't Just Have To Be Wives To Make A Difference
Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of ...
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A Stunning Collection of Rarely Seen Ancient Roman Sculptures Is Coming to North America for the First Time
Titled “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture From the Torlonia Collection,” the exhibition will feature 58 sculptures ...
Life-sized statue of Roman priestess discovered in Pompeii
A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility ...
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A Life-Sized Statue of a Bejeweled Ancient Priestess Is Unearthed in Pompeii
Two life-sized statues have been unearthed in Pompeii, including a bejewelled priestess of the ancient goddess Ceres.
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Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too
In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology. Cecilie ...
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Ancient Greco-Roman sculptures were perfumed, new study reveals
A recent study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology by Cecilie Brøns revealed that ancient Greco-Roman sculptures were impregnated with perfumes and aromatic substances, an aspect that ...
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Art Institute showcases ancient Roman sculptures in unprecedented 'Myth and Marble' exhibit
Sarcophagus Lid with Reclining Couple, second half of 2nd century CE (Roman ... animal sculptures and funerary monuments. Though bronze works were prevalent in ancient Rome, few have survived ...