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

In her right hand, the female figure holds laurel leaves, which Roman priestesses and priests once used to purify spaces.

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

Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a ...

“It is clear that there were priestesses of Ceres in Pompeii, but this statue provides new evidence of the importance of the cult in the city. “In addition, the cult of Ceres has been linked ...

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility cult. The statue decorated the façade of a monumental tomb dedicated ...

Archaeologists working at a city in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered two life-sized funerary statues depicting a man and a woman, Ancient Origins reported. The statues were ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have made the astonishing discovery ... As well as the newly announced statues, in 2021, the team unearthed the tomb of a formerly enslaved man in the same area.

Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii, Italy, discovered life-sized statues of a man and woman as part of a funerary relief. Experts believe the couple depicted were of ...