Archaeologists uncovered two life-size statues of a couple in a Pompeii necropolis dated to Rome’s Late Republican period.

Nearly 2,000 years after a volcanic eruption caused hot ash to blanket the city, construction on railway lines revealed a ...

were women who devoted their lives to the worship and work of Ceres, goddess of harvest and agriculture. They were some of the only public priestesses, and therefore typically came from prominent ...