While excavating the ruins of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., ...

Archaeologists have uncovered two nearly life-sized sculptures of a man and a woman in a tomb near one of Pompeii's main ...

The passage of time has done nothing to diminish Pompeii's capacity to shock. With ossified bodies and filthy paintings ...

Nearly 2,000 years after a volcanic eruption caused hot ash to blanket the city, construction on railway lines revealed a ...

Archaeologists working at a city in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered two life-sized funerary statues ...

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

Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a ...

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

Two very rare, almost-life-sized statues have been discovered during the excavation of a massive tomb in Pompeii.

In the ancient city of Pompeii, a newly excavated tomb revealed ... Archaeologists also noted the carved accessories on the wife’s body, according to the releases, along with the elaborate ...

“Both the bodies and heads of the well-to-do young ... Archaeo Travelers/Archaeological Park of Pompeii The female statue has a symbol carved into its midsection which archaeologists posit ...