Towering on top of one of the many hills that overlook Lodwar, is a gigantic statue of Jesus Christ with His hands spread apart. It is a mirror image of the iconic Christ The Redeemer sculpture that ...

When Giovanni Torlonia and his son Alessandro were building the collection, it was common practice to repair ancient statuary ...

When digging through the rubble of an ancient church foundation, archaeologists found something unexpected. As crews in Rome ...

The head, possibly depicting Jupiter, Apollo, Serapis, or a philosopher, was found reused in the Basilica of Santo Stefano.

Archaeologists say the marble funerary statues of a toga-clad man and a woman shed new light on the power held by priestesses in the ancient city, which was destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted ...

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility cult. The statue decorated the façade of a monumental tomb dedicated ...

“The Pope cleared the path to canonization for Blessed Peter To Rot, a layman martyred for the faith in present-day Papua New Guinea (PNG).” According to the release, Peter To Rot was born on ...

“The Pope cleared the path to canonization for Blessed Peter To Rot, a layman martyred for the faith in present-day Papua New Guinea (PNG).” According to the ... AP Photo/Mark Baker A child holds up a ...

Pope Francis approves the canonisation of Peter To Rot as PNG's first saint, not long after being released from hospital.

In 1930, German archaeologists uncovered the lower half of a massive statue, estimating that it likely originally stood some ...

It also calls on the Secretary of the Interior to restore public monuments, statues and other markers that have been removed or changed since 2020. But it's unclear how many sites — and which ...