In her right hand, the female figure holds laurel leaves, which Roman priestesses and priests once used to purify spaces.

The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...

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

Archaeologists working at a city in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered two life ... top of a huge mausoleum featuring and entry wall, at the top of which both statues had been ...

Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii, Italy, discovered life-sized statues of a man and woman as part of a funerary relief. Experts believe the couple depicted were of ...