Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City ...

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology. Cecilie Brøns, who ...

Divers recovered a fragment of a Roman era statue, representing a male torso, off the coast of Italy, video footage shows. Screengrab from the University of Salento, Facebook For centuries, a Roman ...

Excavations across the ancient city of Perga revealed five new statue finds from as far back as the second century A.D. The most impressive discovery was a 6.5-foot-tall statue of Aphrodite, sitting ...

Archeologists working at the Basilica of Saint Stephen in Rome discovered a statue head within the church’s foundation. Located near the Tombe di Via Latina, the carved stone was likely treated as ...