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

At a site not far from an ancient forum and amphitheater once used to host Roman gladiators, archaeologists discovered an ...

Archaeologists have unearthed two almost life-size sculptures during excavations of a tomb in the ancient Roman city of ...

In 1930, German archaeologists uncovered the lower half of a massive statue, estimating that it likely originally stood some ...

The ancient Greeks and Romans often doused their statues in perfume, a recent study found. Published in the Oxford Journal of ...

New study claims Ancient Greek and Roman statues were perfumed. © Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses ...

After examining ancient texts, researchers found references to the use of perfumes and scented oils on the statues of gods and goddesses to make them appear more lifelike. Roman writer ...

The statue was originally displayed at the Temple of Aphrodite in Knidos but has not survived to the present day. However, it inspired numerous replicas and variations by both Greek and Roman artists ...

Today, Greco-Roman statues are striking in their simplicity due to their stark white coloring and blank eyes. But, during antiquity, these statues were actually brightly colored — and, as explored in ...

Tradition recounts that Longinus, a Roman centurion, pierced the side of Jesus with this very spear during the crucifixion.

A three-page flyer, titled Project Forge and obtained by Street Talk, pitches Centurion as a Tier-1 asset that’s poised to be selling premium coking coal into key markets early next year after ...