As a result, Roman gods were a blend of deities, with close similarities to the gods worshipped by the ancient Greeks. In particular, the twelve greatest gods and goddesses in the Roman state ...

Several of these texts mentioned anointing statues of Greek and Roman deities—including one depicting Artemis, the Greek goddess of wild animals, in Sicily. Statues of rulers, such as Egypt’s ...

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

The statues adorn the wall of a tomb found in ... holding these plants and what appears to be a papyrus roll.” Ceres is the Roman goddess of agriculture, fertility and motherhood.

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility ...

Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were ... that may indicate she was a priestess of Ceres, a Roman harvest and fertility goddess. Researchers said that it is likely only women from prominent ...

The original statue would have been about half life-size and was probably intended to be of Fortuna, the goddess of good fortune, who was often worshipped by soldiers in the Roman army.

The statues, dating back to Rome’s Late Republican ... holding these plants and what appears to be a papyrus roll.” Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, fertility, and motherhood, was ...

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 ...