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

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.

A relief of the harbor at Portus dating to ... Titled “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture From the Torlonia Collection,” the exhibition will feature 58 sculptures, according to a ...

Though bronze works were prevalent in ancient Rome ... and sedate than more ornate styles common in Roman sculpture at the time. — “Portus Relief,” late 2nd-early 3rd century, 29⅛ × ...

For the ancient Romans, the roads and paths leading ... and surmounted by the astonishing relief sculpture of the woman and man. They’re standing side by side, but not touching.

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

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

Archaeologists working at a city in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered two life-sized funerary statues ...