Archaeologists uncovered two life-size statues of a couple in a Pompeii necropolis dated to Rome’s Late Republican period.

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

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 ...

She’s draped in a modest tunic, cloak and veil (symbols of Roman womanhood ... He, meanwhile, is dressed in the ...

Two life-sized statues have been unearthed in Pompeii, including a bejewelled priestess of the ancient goddess Ceres.

Archaeologists say the marble funerary statues of a toga-clad man and a woman shed new light on the ... published online. The ...

Archaeologists say the marble funerary statues of a toga-clad man and a woman shed new ... published online. The woman’s tunic is covered with a cape and she is holding what appears to be ...

She’s draped in a modest tunic, cloak and veil (symbols of Roman ... He, meanwhile, is dressed in the quintessentially Roman toga that instantly identifies him as a proud male citizen of Rome.