Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said ... the researchers said. The couple may have been married and appear to have been "well-to-do ...

Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii, Italy, discovered life-sized statues of a man and woman as ...

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 nearly ...

Archaeologists uncovered two life-size statues of a couple in a Pompeii necropolis dated to Rome’s Late Republican period. The female figure, adorned with intricate carvings and possibly ...

Archaeologists working at a city in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered two life-sized funerary statues depicting ... the well-to-do young married couple are shown frontally in ...

In her right hand, the female figure holds laurel leaves, which Roman priestesses and priests once used to purify spaces.

You can still see all the details, such as the wedding bands the couple wear on their fingers and the fold of their robes,” said Dr Hay. The statues will be put on display in Pompeii from April ...

“It is clear that there were priestesses of Ceres in Pompeii, but this statue provides new evidence of the importance of the cult in the city. “In addition, the cult of Ceres has been linked ...