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

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 ...

As Roman Catholics around the world mourn the death of Pope Francis, who was hospitalized with a complex lung infection and ...

Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...

"It was quite a surprise to find it there a few centimeters beneath the ground." Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis, right beneath the main entrance gate to Pompeii, just uncovered a ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

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Some scholars suggest that hoarding was a storage method, while others believe it was a ritual practice of sacrificing wealth to the gods (kind of ... Stash of Roman Emperor Coins Found near ...

“I hope that it really brings them closer to God,” Charlotte Stewart ... Describing the beautiful Roman churches, domes, mosaics and statues that surround the city, Latona added that it ...

the Roman god of wealth, and Dis and Hades, the Athenian gods of wealth and underworld. Underworld is truly a good description of the aristocratic class. It operates outside the light of business ...