Archaeologists excavating an ancient Roman sewer last week made a spectacular discovery—a nearly complete marble statue of a Greek god. The statue stands about 6 feet 8 inches tall, and the ...

Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Perge, Turkey, have discovered five Roman statues, including Aphrodite and Eros.

What did ancient Greeks wear in the winter? A natural question as all statues of Greeks in antiquity depict them dressed in ...

The discovery of a 2000-year-old headless statue from the Hellenistic period has prompted Greek police to investigate.

Greek authorities said the statue is from the Hellenistic period ... drapery on the statue appears to indicate that it depicts a goddess, according to Estelle Strazdins, a classical studies ...

Ancient statues have also been found in trash before in other parts of Europe. In 2023, a Roman-era statuette of Venus was discovered in a trash dump in Rennes, France. That same year, ancient bronze ...

A 32-year-old Greek man discovered the artifact in ... said that the loosely folded drapery suggests that the statue is of a goddess. Regular women in that period were typically depicted wearing ...

But the Roman statue distinctly depicts the Greek goddess, with her signature helmet and aegis, or sash-like cloak, draped across her chest. “At the time these pieces were carved, the classical ...

The Halsted A&A Foundation has acquired a 1st-century Roman statue of the ancient Greek goddess Athena. The sculpture, which has remained out of public view for centuries, will be on display ...