The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...

In her right hand, the female figure holds laurel leaves, which Roman priestesses and priests once used to purify spaces.

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of ...

The symbolism of the carved accessories of the woman may identify her as a priestess of Ceres, indicating her involvement in ...

Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a ...

Two life-sized statues have been unearthed in Pompeii, including a bejewelled priestess of the ancient goddess Ceres.

Nearly 2,000 years after a volcanic eruption caused hot ash to blanket the city, construction on railway lines revealed a ...

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility ...

"Safe Pompeii": 65 electronic eyes guarding the city of the Excavations and the sanctuary. The video surveillance plan ...

A new partnership brings winemaking back to Pompeii for the first time in 2000 years – For the first time in nearly two ...

Watch Pink Floyd’s performance of One Of These Days from their restored Pompeii concert film which arrives in cinemas on ...