To read about a marble sculpture unearthed in the ancient Greek city of Philippi, go to "A Young Hercules." ...

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 City ...

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 ...

The city said it would provide stewards for its statue of the folk song figure — and repair its bust, which has been damaged by excessive touching. By Lynsey Chutel Reporting from London In song ...

Archaeologists say the marble funerary statues of a toga-clad man and a woman shed new light on the power held by priestesses in the ancient city, which was destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted ...

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 ...

But make no mistake, this vision is far from historical reality: Greek statues were not white. Very much to the contrary, they were painted in bright colours, sometimes even gold. This is ...

The researcher also turned to inscriptions found on Delos, a small Greek island. These revealed the composition of the substances applied to the statues, based on rose oil. Archaeological ...

Stewards are to be stationed next to a statue of Molly Malone in Dublin to discourage people from touching it. Dublin City Council is running a pilot scheme for a week in May after complaints of ...

A French politician has called on the US to give the Statue of Liberty back after suggesting that some Americans “have chosen to switch to the side of the tyrants.” Raphael Glucksmann ...

Hey, America: Give the Statue of Liberty back to France. So says a French politician who is making headlines in his country for suggesting that the U.S. is no longer worthy of the monument ...

The White House on Monday pushed back on a French politician who called for the United States to return the Statue of Liberty to France, jabbing the “low-level” French lawmaker. “Absolutely ...