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

In her article, Brøns notes that some oils and waxes were also used to protect and preserve the statues and their paint. Verity Platt, a professor at Cornell University's Department of Classics who ...

Ancient Greeks and Romans often decorated sculptures with colorful paint, as well as jewelry, fabrics, flowers, garlands and ribbons. Today, ancient Greco-Roman statues housed in museums are ...