Sacred Mysteries: The plebeian who saved the Vestal Virgins

There is a story about the Vestal Virgins that illuminates the religion of ancient Rome. It comes from 390 BC, when things ...
Greek Reporter

Twins in Ancient Greece and Rome Were Seen as Divine and Dangerous

Twins in ancient Greece and Rome were seen as divine signs or dangerous omens, revealing deep cultural fears about birth, ...

‘Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture From the Torlonia Collection’ Review: A Trove of Stone-Carved Beauty

Now at the Kimbell Art Museum, this exhibition is the first in the U.S. to display works from a vast, vital Italian ...
JSTOR Daily

God Made Manifest: Josephus, Idolatry, and Divine Images in Flavian Rome

Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Period, Vol. 51, No. 2, Special Issue: The Impact of the Hellenistic and Roman Empires upon Israel: A Comparative Perspective ...
Men's Journal

Archaeologists Dig Up Marble God Statue in Ancient Roman Sewer

Not where you’d expect to find it. At one point, the Roman Empire reached from one end of the European continent to the other. Roman cultural heritage similarly spread across the territory, sometimes ...
Miami Herald

‘Spectacular’ statue of a fish-tailed ‘minion’ god found at ancient Roman burial site

An ancient statue depicting a Roman god was uncovered during an archaeological excavation near Teynham, England, researchers said. Street View Image November 2022 ...