Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a deadly volcano wiped out the ancient Roman city. Researchers say the nearly ...

It is based on the son of the Roman god of the sea Neptune and is believed to be more than 1,700 years old. Following an initial site evaluation, which uncovered fragments of chalk wall ...

The man is wearing a toga indicating that he is a Roman citizen ... a broken mirror and a coin depicting the sea god Neptune were also found in the tomb. These items may have been important ...