And the elite Romans immortalized in these marble busts spoke Greek as a matter of course ... a six-foot-seven-inch statue of the goddess Hestia (or Vesta to Romans), is also one of its most ...

Unlike the Beaux-Arts spaces where Greek and Roman art is displayed ... one of the key works of this period. — “Statue of a Goddess, known as Hestia Giustiniani,” first half of 2nd century ...

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 ...

Two statues of the Chinese sea goddess Mazu boarding Xiamen Airlines flight MF881 departfrom Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport on March 29. Photo: Chinanews. com Two statues of the Chinese sea ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City ...

To read about a marble sculpture unearthed in the ancient Greek city of Philippi, go to "A Young Hercules." ...

Archaeologists Stunned to Find Statue Heads of the ‘Goddess of Beauty’ and the ‘Deity of Wine’ in Turkey Religious faith reflects a lot about a community's identity. Archaeologists try to trace ...

Some have their roots in stories and literature of the macabre. Others have emerged from mythology's darkest corners, and the deepest shadows of the underworld. These Victorian-styled and goth ...

The great Roman statesman Cicero, for example, wrote about how the residents of Segesta in Sicily anointed a statue of the huntress goddess Artemis with “precious unguents,” as well as “frankincense ...

In Sicily, for instance, a statue of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, was ritually treated with perfumed oils. On the Greek island of Delos, inscriptions reveal that statues of Artemis and Hera ...