As a result, Roman gods were a blend of deities, with close similarities to the gods worshipped by the ancient Greeks. In particular, the twelve greatest gods and goddesses in the Roman state ...

An ancient carved stone head, possibly of a Roman god or philosopher, was uncovered beneath a 5th-century church in Rome, ...

The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the ...

Some were even perfumed, in an attempt to transform them into the lifelike embodiments of gods ... ancient statues in sterile ...

Several rare Roman paintings were uncovered in the ruins of Pompeii in a dining room depicting Greek mythology from Helen of ...

It was supposed to resemble a real god or goddess," the author ... immersing herself in the works of Roman writers such as Cicero and inscriptions on ancient Greek temples. "Perfume and perfumed ...

An essay by Marianne Bonz describing the myriad of religious options available in the Roman Empire. Bonz is managing editor of Harvard Theological Review. She received a doctorate from Harvard ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

Most of the selections are marble portraits of emperors and officials and depictions of gods and goddesses ... at the Art Institute’s “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the ...