A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility cult.

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.

An ancient statue of the Roman deity Minerva was discovered in a margarine tub, where it had been languishing for years. The Romano-British piece was brought to attention by amateur metal ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Next to the Aphrodite statue, crews found a six-foot-tall carving of a standing woman draped in a tunic, crafted in a style reminiscent of the Roman empire’s Severan dynasty (193 to 235 A.D.).

1,800 years ago, the Roman artists may not have been able to identify what would cause these abnormalities, but today, doctors know the grouping of features as Crouzon Syndrome.

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.