In her right hand, the female figure holds laurel leaves, which Roman priestesses and priests once used to purify spaces.

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility ...

Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii, Italy, discovered life-sized statues of a man and woman as ...

Archaeologists uncovered two life-size statues of a couple in a Pompeii necropolis dated to Rome’s Late Republican period.

The items suggest she was a priestess of Ceres, officials said. The tomb likely dates to more than 2,000 years ago, officials said. Alfio Giannotti Italy Ministry of Culture Priestesses of Ceres, or ...

He also kicked things off with “Priestess,” the new single that he released today. “Priestess” is a shaggy ode to a mysterious woman, and it’s got lyrical references to Ella Fitzgerald ...