In particular, the twelve greatest gods and goddesses in the Roman state religion – called the di consentes – paralleled the gods of Greek mythology. Although they kept Latin names and images ...

Science has previously shown that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were frequently painted in warm colours. A recent ...

New research now reveals these once-vibrant statues did more than delight the eyes. Some were even perfumed, in an attempt to transform them into the lifelike embodiments of gods, goddesses, ...

The Getty gave back more objects than any other museum—47, nearly a dozen of them masterpieces—and the last piece to go was its iconic goddess. The story of the statue stands as a case study ...

And they always feared the ‘evil eye!’ Statue of the Roman god, Jupiter, from Izmir in present day Turkey. The Romans had many gods and goddesses – they almost had one for every occasion.