Not only were ancient sculptures multi-colored, they were also scented with perfumes, oils, and flower arrangements.

Archaeologists excavating a private property in Florence, Italy, discovered a 20-inch statue of Hercules missing its head, ...

But, in reality, ancient Greeks and Romans embraced bold colors, which archaeologists call “polychromy.” Brightly hued paints ...

Author interview with theologian Monica Migliorino Miller, who says that ‘the primary crisis of our culture right now is a ...

A look at the curved oval iconic representation of Shiva Lingam placed on a globular base which is found in the Sanctum Sanctorum Garbhagraha of all Shiva temples has given rise to diverse explanation ...

Others find their hearts moved back to God. St. Augustine ... but for the conversion of her pagan husband, Patricius, and his mother in 370. St. Monica is the model for our modern times.

The great American Beaux-Arts sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens was commissioned in the 1880s to create a memorial statue to Deacon Samuel Chapin ... A powerful, idealized man of God casts his eyes down ...

The statue of Lord Shiva, shown as Nataraj-the state of the Hindu deity when he dances, which is called Shiva Tandav, was a gift to the laboratory from the government of India given in 2004. Vaishali ...

Saras­wathy during the kumbhabhishekam (consecration ceremony) of the temple’s Hanuman deity statue. During the event, school bags were given to children while five individuals received ...

Marble statue of Ares: “Pyrrhus”, dated at I sec. A.D. Hight: cm 360. It was found in the Nerva’s Forum, in Rome, and it’s now placed in the atrium of Capitoline Museums in Rome. Credit: ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Mississippi man accused of destroying a statue of a pagan idol at Iowa's state ... On Dec. 14, the figure depicting the horned deity Baphometwas "destroyed beyond ...