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

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 ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried ... is dressed in the quintessentially Roman toga that instantly identifies him as a proud male citizen of Rome. The status quo in ...

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

Excavated from a nearly 2,000-year-old villa in Valencia, Spain, the broken-up murals once formed fresco decor ...

She specializes in ancient Roman art and architecture. She has also done extensive research ... She holds a Joint Appointment in the Department of Women and Gender Studies.

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 ...

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 ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient ... Roman toga that instantly identifies him as a proud male citizen of Rome. The status quo in archaeology, when a woman and a man are presented ...