Cleopatra's tomb poised to finally be found after 'miracle' discovery in Egypt
The discovery has been described as a “geometric miracle” and could finally lead to some answers about one of Ancient Egypt’s ...
Pompeii breakthrough as two incredible 'life-sized' sculptures discovered in ancient tomb
Archaeologists have uncovered two nearly life-sized sculptures of a man and a woman in a tomb near one of Pompeii's main ...
Immaculately Preserved Funerary Statues Found in Pompeii
Archaeologists working at a city in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered two life-sized funerary statues ...
Rare life-sized statues of a toga-clad couple unearthed in Pompeii tomb
Archaeologists uncovered two life-size statues of a couple in a Pompeii necropolis dated to Rome’s Late Republican period.
Everything We Ask of Art Is in These Marbles
The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the ...
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Archaeologists Uncover Two Nearly Life-Size Statues Carved Into the Wall of a Tomb in Ancient Pompeii
The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...
Greek Reporter5d
Oldest Synagogue Outside Israel Found on Sacred Greek Island of God Apollo
The oldest synagogue in antiquity was on the Greek island of Delos - the island of god Apollo in the Cyclades - and attests ...
Greek Reporter6d
The Ancient Roman Emperors Who Loved Greece
Several ancient Roman emperors loved Greece. As the Roman Empire consolidated, Greek culture, literature, politics, and art ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and ... worshipped for representing gods.) Brøns ...
Smithsonian Magazine18d
Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too
In ancient Greece and Rome ... Several of these texts mentioned anointing statues of Greek and Roman deities—including one depicting Artemis, the Greek goddess of wild animals, in Sicily.
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Art Institute showcases ancient Roman sculptures in unprecedented 'Myth and Marble' exhibit
Torlonia Foundation/Photo by Lorenzo De Masi Share Any temporary exhibition of ancient Roman ... the right. Statue of a Goddess, known as the Hestia Giustiniani, first half of 2nd century CE.
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Roman-era Hermes statue with ram companion found in ancient Aspendos fountain
A marble statue of Hermes from the Roman Imperial Period was found during the 2024 excavation season in the ancient city of Aspendos ... and the fastest of the gods. He is portrayed holding ...