Imagine a rabbi encountering a statue of Zeus in Roman Palestine, circa 70 to 300 C.E. — a monotheist’s nightmare. “The myth is that he would have uttered something like the Yiddish ‘gevalt,'” said ...

Archaeologists have found a trove of artifacts, including two statues of the goddess Venus, in a Roman-era quarry-turned-trash-dump. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

For the first time in possibly 170 years, a Roman marble statue of Venus will be reunited with its head. Both pieces are going to the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, where conservators ...

ATLANTA - Conservators trying to restore a 1,900-year-old statue of Venus have put their heads together with airline maintenance inspectors who usually scrutinize welds and repairs in jet engines for ...

A centuries-old statue of Venus, headless but vibrant with color and detail, went on display Wednesday at the Israel Museum, a decade after it was discovered in northern Israel. The life-size marble ...

Treat yourself to a guidebook when planning a big trip and there’s a good chance there’ll be a statue on the cover. These sculpted figures are key landmarks in major cities across the world, carrying ...