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

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii uncovered a life-size funerary relief at the Porta Sarno necropolis, depicting a man and a woman ...

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

At its top stood the relief sculpture of the couple, with the male figure standing at 5’7″ and the ... the Roman goddess of agriculture and fertility. In ancient Roman mythology, Ceres is strongly ...

Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a ...

Statue of Marcus Aurelius, one of the most famous Roman emperors to love ancient Greece and its philosophy. Credit: Livioandronico2013 / Wikimedia commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 Several prominent ancient ...

Nearly 2,000 years after a volcanic eruption caused hot ash to blanket the city, construction on railway lines revealed a ...

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility cult. The statue decorated the façade of a monumental tomb dedicated ...

The American artist considers depression and the suppressed queerness of his childhood in a series of intensely personal ...