The ancient Greek gods, the immortal characters of Greek mythology, remain a fascination around the world as do their unusual ...

Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Perge, Turkey, have discovered five Roman statues, including Aphrodite and Eros.

In particular, the twelve greatest gods and goddesses in the Roman state religion – called the di consentes – paralleled the gods of Greek mythology ... of Rome. Venus was believed to be ...

Ancient statues have also been found in trash before in other parts of Europe. In 2023, a Roman-era statuette of Venus was discovered in a trash dump in Rennes, France. That same year, ancient bronze ...

But the Roman statue distinctly depicts the Greek goddess, with her signature helmet and aegis, or sash-like cloak, draped across her chest. “At the time these pieces were carved, the classical ...

The Halsted A&A Foundation has acquired a 1st-century Roman statue of the ancient Greek goddess Athena ... including the so-called Jenkins Venus.) The Halsted curator Karen Manchester notes ...