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

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

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Archaeologists in Pompeii uncovered a life-size funerary relief at the Porta Sarno necropolis, depicting a man and a woman ...

"It was quite a surprise to find it there a few centimeters beneath the ground." Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno ...

Archaeologists have uncovered lifesize sculptures of a man and a woman in a newly excavated tomb in Pompeii’s Porta Sarno ...

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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.