Archaeo Travelers/Archaeological Park of Pompeii The female statue has a symbol carved into its midsection which archaeologists posit is indicative of her religious involvement within the community.

Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a deadly volcano wiped out the ancient Roman city. Researchers say the nearly ...

This gold figure may represent a woman, since it was more common to mark a sculpture with nipples for female statues than for male statues, Ikehara-Tsukayama said. However, skirts were also common ...