Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for ... Which is why the recent discovery of a monumental tomb crowned by life-size sculptures of a woman and man, just ...

Defined by the men in their lives, women in ancient Rome were valued mainly as wives and mothers. Although some were allowed more freedom than others, there was always a limit, even for the ...

New, almost life-size statues discovered in a necropolis in Pompeii. Details about the possible Roman priestess.

For the ancient Romans, the roads and paths leading ... Which is why the recent discovery of a monumental tomb crowned by life-size sculptures of a woman and man, just outside the gates on the ...

Other women, attract attention for their flagrant sexual excesses. One ancient writer describes Julia, Augustus’ only daughter, entertaining her lovers in public in the Roman forum. While ...

The pieces in this exhibition convey a great sense of what it must have been like to encounter these works in their ...

Credit: Paolo Reda / REDA / Universal Images Group via Getty Images "The notion of a Roman sculpture show might seem at first blush to be a bit stodgy," said Kyle MacMillan in the Chicago Sun-Times.

Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a deadly volcano wiped out the ancient Roman city. Researchers say the ...