New research now reveals these once-vibrant statues did more than delight the eyes. Some were even perfumed, in an attempt to ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues often ... oils for the cult images in the temple on the island," Brøns said in her email. (Cult images refer to objects that are worshipped for representing gods.) ...

The discovery in 2022 of a bronze figurine of the Roman war god Mars indicates he was one of the deities worshipped at the sanctuary. (Image credit: Emmanuelle Collado, INRAP) ...

Archaeologists in Trier found a stone statue connected to Mithras, a mysterious Roman god, and located an ancient cult space, photos show. Screengrab from Südwestrundfunk (SWR)'s video Torch ...

This is illustrated by the following inscription on a statue base from the Roman town of Caerwent. 'To the God Mars Lenus, otherwise Ocelus Vellaunus, and to the Divinity of the Emperor.

For almost 100 years since they were first excavated at Tel Ashkelon, the magnificent marble statues of Roman gods and goddess languished virtually neglected in an excavation pit.

An ancient Roman temple has been recreated on the site of its original discovery, seven meters beneath the heart of London. It is one of more than 400 temples to the god Mithras discovered across ...

Archaeologists believe she was a priestess in a cult dedicated to Ceres, the goddess of fertility, agriculture and crops, from which the word “cereal” is derived.. The statue of the woman ...

A different headless statue of health goddess Hygieia Ángel M. Felicísimo via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0 Excavations in western Turkey have revealed a marble statue depicting Hygieia, the ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't ... oils for the cult images in the temple on the island," Brøns said in her email. (Cult images refer to objects that are worshipped for representing gods ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't ... oils for the cult images in the temple on the island," Brøns said in her email. (Cult images refer to objects that are worshipped for representing gods.) ...