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

The relief depicts a woman, identified by archaeologists as the goddess Victoria, or Victory, according to the release. The counterpart to Greek goddess Nike, Victoria personified victory and was ...

New research challenges the long-held belief that asteroid Vesta is a protoplanet. Scientists at Michigan State University ...

(Chariot racing stirred up both love and hate in ancient Rome.) The sea god Neptune, a key deity for an empire circling the Mediterranean, is portrayed spearing a sea monster in a marble statue.

The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures ... a six-foot-seven-inch statue of the goddess Hestia (or Vesta to Romans), is also one of its most intentionally archaic.

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 ...

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 ...

Excavations on monumental fountain ruins resulted in the discovery of a statue ... Diana in Roman mythology)—and Nemesis—symbol of justice, balance, and vengeance. Finds from the ancient ...

One of the most outstanding pieces in the discovery is a statue of Aphrodite measuring approximately two meters in height. Ruins of Perge. Credit: Saffron Blaze / Wikimedia Commons The sculpture ...

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 ...

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 ...