Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This statue appears to depict Emperor Decius as Hercules. The statue wears the skin of the Nemean lion, a beast that Hercules ...

An American tourist has been arrested in Israel after allegedly smashing and severely damaging two Roman-era statues. The incident occurred at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on Thursday, according to ...

An ancient Roman statue of a "beautiful lady"—thought to be around 1,800 years old—has been uncovered in the grounds of a huge country house in England. The marble head of the statue was unearthed in ...

ROME, Feb 1 (Reuters) - A life-sized statue of a Roman emperor posing as the classical hero Hercules has been discovered during sewer repair works near the Appia Antica (Appian Way), ancient Rome's ...

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 ...

A Roman statue dating back almost 2,000 years has been discovered by construction workers building a parking lot in the United Kingdom. Digger driver Greg Crawley uncovered the marble head of a Roman ...

Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory senses. Reading time 3 minutes Statues in ancient Greece and Rome looked ...