Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii, Italy, discovered life-sized statues of a man and woman as ...

Archaeologists working at a city in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered two life-sized funerary statues depicting a man and a woman, Ancient Origins reported.

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

“It is clear that there were priestesses of Ceres in Pompeii, but this statue provides new evidence of the importance of the cult in the city. “In addition, the cult of Ceres has been linked ...

Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a deadly volcano wiped out the ancient Roman city. Researchers say the nearly ...

Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said ... been buried in earthquakes shortly before the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. The figures are a ...

A life-sized statue has been discovered in ... were found in a necropolis on the outskirts of Pompeii, which was abandoned after the devastating eruption of Mt Vesuvius in AD 79.

the researchers believe the tomb dates to the Late Republic period of 133–31 B.C.E. The necropolis was not used after Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E. The ...

Archaeologists working at a city in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered two life-sized funerary statues depicting a man and a woman, Ancient Origins reported.