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 ...

Pompeii [is] an extraordinary testimony to an ... all the figures in the frieze are depicted on pedestals, as if they were statues but their movements, complexions and clothing make them appear ...

The Pompeii Archaeological Park has just announced ... All of the figures are painted on pedestals as if to portray them as statues worthy of reverence. However, their expression, clothes, and ...

I, personally, find no harm in the statue of ———— from Pompeii. It interests me in itself, as a thing of beauty, and as an index of the feeling of the people who produced it. It was ...

An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash and lava in A.D. 79 ...

The archaeologists at Pompeii also note that a characteristic element of the fresco is that all the figures stand on painted pedestals, like statues, but are rendered in full color and shaded as t ...

Another new discovery in the ruins of Pompeii has shed light on the wilder side of the ancient Romans. An extremely rare frieze known as a “megalography,” or painting with life-sized figures ...

A rare set of nearly life-sized paintings were dug up in Pompeii over the last few weeks, offering clues about rituals connected to the Greek god of wine in the ancient city that was destroyed ...

The statue, dated to 20 B.C., is one of many honors ... a luxurious villa in Pompeii. The stunning collection, salvaged from the ruins of the city’s largest home, includes an immense mosaic ...

A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order. More than a ...