New, almost life-size statues discovered in a necropolis in Pompeii. Details about the possible Roman priestess.

"This strange concept of colorless sculptures ... thus helping to create the myth. The colors on most ancient statues had ...

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

Archaeologists working at a city in the ancient Roman city ... “Nevertheless, these types of sculptures are very rare in southern Italy. It is even more unusual to find reliefs of priestesses ...

PEDDA RUSHIKONDA, INDIA—Archaeologists from the Andhra Pradesh State Department of Archaeology and Museums were summoned to a beach in Pedda Rushikonda to evaluate an unusual object protruding ...

“Thankfully, I noticed the strange shape of the statue’s abdomen before my pick could cleave it in half,” Cooper-Bohler said. “I spent the rest of the day carefully removing the dirt from ...

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 ...