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

The Appian Way Regional Park in Rome announced its recent farewell to a "beautiful" stone head dating back to antiquity. It ...

For centuries, scientists have known that the white marble statues from ancient Greece and Rome were once painted ... olive oil was regularly applied to the famous Statue of Zeus at Olympia ...

Archeologists working at the Basilica of Saint Stephen in Rome discovered a statue head within the church’s foundation. Located near the Tombe di Via Latina, the carved stone was likely treated ...

Its namesake museum contains busts of Roman emperors, statues – including a famous one of Marcus Aurelius – and paintings by Caravaggio and Battista, among others. It also offers spectacular ...

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