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Archaeologists Uncover Two Nearly Life-Size Statues Carved Into the Wall of a Tomb in Ancient Pompeii
The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too
The myth of the all-white Greco-Roman sculpture persisted after Johann Winckelmann, an 18th-century art historian and archaeologist, wrote that “the whiter the body is, the more beautiful it is ...
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Life-sized statue of Roman priestess discovered in Pompeii
A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility cult. The statue decorated the façade of a monumental tomb dedicated ...
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Spectacular statues reveal art tradition of ancient Rome’s lost sculpture capital
researchers found another nearly 2-metre-tall statue of a woman with features from the time of Roman emperor Severus, who ruled from 193AD to 211AD. “According to the initial findings ...
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Art Institute showcases ancient Roman sculptures in unprecedented 'Myth and Marble' exhibit
Sarcophagus Lid with Reclining Couple, second half of 2nd century CE (Roman ... realism of this young woman who gazes slightly upward and to the right. Statue of a Goddess, known as the Hestia ...