Everything We Ask of Art Is in These Marbles
The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the ...
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Life-Size Statues Found Carved Into The Wall Of A Necropolis Just Beneath The Main Entrance Gate To Pompeii
"It was quite a surprise to find it there a few centimeters beneath the ground." Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno ...
Hill wants $15 billion for weapons Pentagon didn’t seek: report
A new report from Taxpayers for Common Sense found that lawmakers pushed to add $15 billion the Pentagon didn't request to ...
A mass grave for fighters in a Roman Empire-era battle is revealed in Vienna
Construction crews in Vienna last year made an unprecedented discovery. They found intertwined skeletal remains in a mass ...
Life-size sculptures — of a possible priestess and her husband — found at Pompeii
Nearly 2,000 years after a volcanic eruption caused hot ash to blanket the city, construction on railway lines revealed a ...
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Archaeologists Uncover Two Nearly Life-Size Statues Carved Into the Wall of a Tomb in Ancient Pompeii
The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...
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Incredible Discovery at Pompeii: Near-Lifesize Sculptures Found in Ancient Tomb
Archaeologists have uncovered two near-lifesize sculptures in a Pompeii tomb, shedding new light on the city's elite.
Ancient couple's relief found in Pompeii
The symbolism of the carved accessories of the woman may identify her as a priestess of Ceres, indicating her involvement in the religious sphere of Pompeii.