Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii, Italy, discovered life-sized statues of a man and woman as ...
The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...
Nearly 2,000 years after a volcanic eruption caused hot ash to blanket the city, construction on railway lines revealed a ...
Archaeologists uncovered two life-size statues of a couple in a Pompeii necropolis dated to Rome’s Late Republican period.
A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility ...
There are five known dwarf planets in our solar system. One of them is named Ceres, after the Roman goddess of corn, agriculture, and harvests. Ceres is the closest dwarf planet to the sun.
Archaeologists have uncovered lifesize sculptures of a man and a woman in a newly excavated tomb in Pompeii’s Porta Sarno ...
Only three of the original four corner roundels, depicting the seasons, survive: Spring: Flora, goddess of flowers, wearing a garland. Summer: Ceres, goddess of agriculture, carrying a sickle.