For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty.

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ...

Archaeologist and curator Cecilie Brons makes the discovery after immersing herself in the works of Roman writers such as ...

Torso pieces were also found in the same region. Researchers believe they belong to statues of Artemis—goddess of hunting, ...

Researchers uncover that ancient Greek statues were not just painted and dressed but also perfumed, adding a new dimension to ...

images that would be worshipped as gods, i.e. idols. Now worshipping statues with divine honor is one way of worshipping other gods. Verse 7 is a general statement of the First Commandment ...

A Roman sculpture which was found on a development site had its head and right hand chopped off in a “ritual”, a new study ...

Excavation at the Karnak temple found a 2,600-year-old pot filled with gold jewelry, beads, and statues. The statues of ...

The artefacts found at the site included beads, amulets and statuettes, many made of gold, the Egyptian ministry of tourism and antiquities said. The ornaments were contained in a small pot, which was ...

Found at the Karnak Temple complex in Luxor, the 2,600-year-old trove includes a necklace depicting a golden trio of Egyptian deities ...

Archaeologists discovered a 2,600-year-old jug at Egypt's Karnak temple complex, containing gold jewellery and statues of Amun, Mut, and Khonsu. These ...

or to be seen by the gods,” said Huot Samnang, the director of Cambodia’s antiquities department. Praying to a repatriated statue of a Hindu god. Many Cambodians see such objects as divinities ...