Veteran Diggers Stumble Upon Remarkable Roman Depiction of Winged Goddess of Victory Statue During Excavation Traces of the ...

For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless ... them into the lifelike ...

A rare 1,800-year-old Roman relief of the Victory goddess Victoria has been uncovered at Vindolanda Fort near Hadrian’s Wall ...

Each god needed an image – usually a statue or relief in stone ... the vestal virgins lived at the Temple of Vesta in Rome. Vesta was the native Roman goddess of the fireplace and the six ...

Victoria was highly revered by the ancient Romans; during times of war, she was often credited for battlefield success.

The statue of Athena had been ... the statue’s subject as Minerva, the Roman goddess, rather than Athena, “because they learned Latin in school, not ancient Greek, and therefore were familiar ...

After examining ancient texts, researchers found references to the use of perfumes and scented oils on the statues of gods and goddesses to make them appear more lifelike. Roman writer ...

An ancient Roman statue of Athena, unseen for almost 300 years, is resurfacing in Chicago. The 1st-century C.E. sculpture of the Greek goddess was acquired by Halsted A&A Foundation in 2023 ...

The Halsted A&A Foundation has acquired a 1st-century Roman statue of the ancient Greek goddess Athena. The sculpture, which has remained out of public view for centuries, will be on display ...

Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome ... statue was not intended to be perceived as a statue in stone. It was supposed to resemble a real god or goddess ...

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have ... a priestess in a cult dedicated to Ceres, the goddess of fertility, agriculture and crops, from ...