“It was supposed to resemble a real god or goddess ... deeply rooted in the religious and cultural rituals of ancient Greece ...

From the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus in Rome’s port city of Ostia to local shrines and colossal structures like the Pantheon, the ancient Romans worshipped a pantheon of gods, some local ...

The Appian Way Regional Park in Rome announced its recent farewell to a "beautiful" stone head dating back to antiquity. It ...

As a result, Roman gods were a blend of deities, with close similarities to the gods worshipped by the ancient Greeks. In particular, the twelve greatest gods and goddesses in the Roman state ...

The shrine, known as a lararium, is surrounded by well-preserved paintings and murals depicting animals, deities, and more.

Amazons, werewolves and unnamed traders: historian Owen Rees uncovers the lives hidden at the edges of ancient empires – and ...

Laura Itzkowitz The Pantheon, a former Roman temple and now a present-day ... You may want to hire a tour guide to better understand the ancient history you're seeing. Beat the crowds by visiting ...

That wall is pretty impressive. Well, there we are, a taster of British Roman history in a matter of minutes. The Romans had lots of different gods and goddesses. There were gods for almost ...

Bulgarian archaeologists stumbled upon unexpected treasure this week during a dig in an ancient Roman sewer — a well-preserved, marble statue depicting the Greek god Hermes. The discovery of ...