Archaeologists have uncovered lifesize sculptures of a man and a woman in a newly excavated tomb in Pompeii’s Porta Sarno ...

The ancient Greeks and Romans often doused their statues in perfume, a recent study found. Published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology, the study adds to evidence that statues were more than slabs ...

One artifact was popular among Greek aristocrats, suggesting the burial site belonged to someone with high social status, officials said.

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient ... Greek and Roman art history and was not involved in the study, said scenting and adorning with flowers were also parts of Greek ...

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Construction work near one of Greece's most notorious prisons in Thessaloniki ... the excavation has uncovered clothes, jewellery and bullets. "Thirty-three skeletons were discovered in four ...

Life in ancient ... Men wore chitons, short tunics belted at the waist, while women wore peploi, longer flowing garments fastened with decorative pins. The himation, a cloak, was used for warmth.

Ancient Greece gave us many things, from mythology to democracy by way of the Olympics, but if I recall my (very) old primary-school project correctly, one thing Archimedes and pals never got ...

Researchers say that as they dug more into the remains, they found hints of the practice of cannibalism among our Ancient European ancestors ... such as skull cups and jewellery, the researchers said.