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 ...

ROME — A life-sized statue of a Roman emperor posing as the classical hero Hercules has been discovered during sewer repair works near the Appia Antica (Appian Way), ancient Rome’s first highway.

A spectacular set of Roman statues unearthed in Turkey has shed new light on the art tradition of the lost city of Perga, which was held as the ancient empire’s sculpture capital.

An ancient life-sized statue of a Roman emperor posing as the classical hero Hercules was found during sewer work near ancient Rome's first highway, the Appia Antica (Appian Way). The sculpture ...

With an owl in the palm of her hand, a cloak adorned with a gorgon’s head and a warrior’s helmet upon her swept hair, Athena, as depicted in a Roman statue from the first century C.E., is a ...

The archaeologists said that the statue depicts a bearded male figure, potentially a deity or mythological figure, but the thick layers of grime and mortar coating the carefully carved face and beard ...

A fragment of a Roman era statue, representing a male torso, was discovered off the coast of Italy by divers, video footage shows. It measures 3 feet in length.