With every aspect of Roman life having a specific deity to call upon, it can be tricky to make sense of the ancient pantheon ...
The heads are thought to belong to statues of Roman gods Uncovering Roman Carlisle, run by Wardell Armstrong, Cumberland Council and Carlisle Cricket Club, has been supported by government and ...
Depicting Hygieia, Apollo and other Greco-Roman gods, the figures are said to be around 2,300 years old. One expert said the find could "rewrite history". Most of the statues - which were found ...
colleges of priests paid tribute to these gods on behalf of Rome itself. The objective of Roman worship was to gain the blessing of the gods and thereby gain prosperity for themselves, their ...
Toilet gods — deities associated with these essential yet often overlooked aspects of daily life — have been venerated in ...
Although Druidic political power was destroyed, worship of the native gods continued. The Roman attitude to religion appears to have been pragmatic - if it didn't threaten the Roman presence it ...
An unusual discovery has emerged near the town of Jarocin in Poland’s Wielkopolska region: a private collector, operating under an official permit, unearthed a small bronze figurine believed to depict ...
To the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome Statues and artifacts representing the mythical beauty in Edgar Allan Poe famous words wi ...