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

Two rare and almost life-seized statues have been discover during the digging of a massive tomb in Pompeii, Italy.According ...

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

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.

Archaeologists have uncovered two near-lifesize sculptures in a Pompeii tomb, shedding new light on the city's elite.

The symbolism of the carved accessories of the woman may identify her as a priestess of Ceres, indicating her involvement in the religious sphere of Pompeii.

Just about everyone in Turkey's ancient city was a wine drinker - whether or not they belonged to the upper classes or the ...

The deceased were interred there in several ways, including funerary urns set within about 20 plastered niches cut into the ...

Archeologists have discovered a Roman mass grave dated to the first century AD on the outskirts of Vienna. The 150 men most ...

Archaeologists have unearthed two almost life-size sculptures during excavations of a tomb in the ancient Roman city of ...

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility ...