An incredible thrift store find has left the internet amazed after a woman stumbled on a rare 19th century marble statue for ...

Two very rare, almost-life-sized statues have been discovered during the excavation of a massive tomb in Pompeii.

Science has previously shown that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were frequently painted in warm colours. A recent ...

For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty. But these sculptures, now frozen in monochrome, looked dramatically ...

Including its pedestal, the marble statue once stood over 5 ... Researchers believe they belong to statues of Artemis—goddess of hunting, wildlife, and nature (also known as Diana in Roman ...

A marble statue of Hermes from the Roman Imperial Period ... archaeologists uncovered heads believed to belong to Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, and Eros, the god of love.

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideological purposes. But in reality, ancient works of art were colorful, and ...

The famed statue of Athena had already been removed, possibly after a fire in the third century. In its place, the Christians installed a pulpit and a marble bishop's throne, and the temple of ...

gold-and-ivory statue of the goddess Athena. But classical scholar Jeffrey Hurwit, a professor of art history at the University of Oregon and expert on the architecture of the Acropolis ...

The white marble of "Laocoön and His Sons" would ... many of the statues were preserved with some colors intact, such as a statue of the Greek goddess Artemis. However, according to information ...