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 ...

Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii, Italy, discovered life-sized statues of a man and woman as ...

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility cult. The statue decorated the façade of a monumental tomb dedicated ...

Archaeologists uncovered two life-size statues of a couple in a Pompeii necropolis dated to Rome’s Late Republican period.

“There is also this idea that she could have been a priestess of Ceres, holding these plants and what appears to be a papyrus roll.” Ceres is the Roman goddess of agriculture, fertility and ...

The items suggest she was a priestess of Ceres, officials said. The tomb likely dates to more than 2,000 years ago, officials said. Alfio Giannotti Italy Ministry of Culture Priestesses of Ceres ...