Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of ...

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

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands ... He, meanwhile, is dressed ...

Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a deadly volcano wiped out the ancient Roman city. Researchers say the ...

While circumcision was common in many ancient cultures, the Romans considered it undesirable. In certain parts of the Empire, ...

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

Imagine a Roman citizen, and they are probably donned in the infamous sheet-like garb – the toga. From grand Hollywood epics and gripping TV dramas to fancy dress parties, this flowing white robe has ...