Two very rare, almost-life-sized statues have been discovered during the excavation of a massive tomb in Pompeii.

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of ...

appearing to be a single sculpture,” lead author Llorenç Alapont and his fellow researchers wrote of their discoveries in a study published by the E-Journal of the Excavations of Pompeii.

Two life-sized statues have been unearthed in Pompeii, including a bejewelled priestess of the ancient goddess Ceres.

Previous discoveries in the same area include mummified ... “It is clear that there were priestesses of Ceres in Pompeii, but this statue provides new evidence of the importance of the cult ...