Between crumbling statues and blooming hedges, a story takes shape — stitched from sharp military cuts, ecclesiastical silhouettes, and sheer-light fabrics ...

An ancient statue depicting the Roman goddess of victory has been unearthed at Hadrian’s Wall by amateur archaeologists. The ...

Life and immortality. Everything we ask of art is in the eyes of these women, just two of the 58 extraordinary works of “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture From the Torlonia Collection ...

In Roman religion, she was symbolically connected to the moon, as its phases were thought to correspond with harvests, which could explain the female statue’s lunula pendant, per the journal.

Archaeologists working at a city in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered ... Archaeo Travelers/Archaeological Park of Pompeii The female statue has a symbol carved into its midsection ...

The statue decorated the façade of a monumental tomb dedicated to a wealthy Roman family, according to the archaeologists who found it. The discovery sheds light on the lives of Roman women and ...

It features 622 sculptures, including sarcophagi ... the-scenes ‘soft’ power and influence held by many women of elite Roman families.” A sarcophagus lid with a sculpture of a reclining ...

One of her earliest examples comes from the Roman writer Cicero (106–43 BCE), who described a ritual treatment of a statue of Artemis in the city of Segesta. He writes that women “anointed her ...

Researchers also discovered several movable finds, including statues of Aphrodite and clay heads of female figures. The recent excavations also found several impressive movable finds, including ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York ...