This stunning marble depiction of the ancient ... Elena Goukassian of the Art Newspaper. But the Roman statue distinctly depicts the Greek goddess, with her signature helmet and aegis, or sash ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

“A white marble statue was not intended to be perceived as a statue in stone. It was supposed to resemble a real god or goddess,” the author of the study, Cecilie Brons, told the Danish ...

The marble statue was found in pieces and stands on ... During excavations, two marble heads, believed to belong to Aphrodite (goddess of beauty and love) and Eros (god of love), were also ...

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 ...