The symbolism of the carved accessories of the woman may identify her as a priestess of Ceres, indicating her involvement in ...

The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...

Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a ...

Sarcophagus Lid with Reclining Couple, second half of 2nd century ... De Masi Share Any temporary exhibition of ancient Roman sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago would be notable, because ...

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have ... tomb – likely the remains of members of the couple’s family. Archaeologists also found a ...

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 ...

Cecilie Brøns, a senior researcher and curator of the Glyptoteket museum's collection of ancient Greek and Roman art in Copenhagen, Denmark, says ancient texts provide evidence that statues were often ...