The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...

The pair, possibly husband and wife, stand within a niche on the boundary wall of a monumental ancient tomb. “The delicacy and detail of the sculpture is remarkable,” according to a journal ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the future, the statues will be displayed as a part of the larger Being a Woman in Ancient Pompeii exhibition, set to open on April 16. The public will be able to view live-time restoration of ...

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 ...