Read on for a cursory course on these primary asteroids. Named for the Roman goddess of the maternal, fertile and agricultural, Ceres is technically a dwarf planet but is regarded by astrologers ...

Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, fertility, and motherhood, was symbolically linked to the moon, as its phases were thought to correspond with harvest cycles. This connection could explain ...

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

The Nebraska seal, for instance, shows a combination of images referencing agriculture ... (California); Spes, the Roman goddess of hope (South Carolina); Ceres, the Roman goddess of grain ...

"It was quite a surprise to find it there a few centimeters beneath the ground." Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis, right beneath the main entrance gate to Pompeii, just uncovered a ...

The woman's figure includes carved accessories that may indicate she was a priestess of Ceres, a Roman harvest and fertility goddess ... were discovered. The images were painted on the walls ...

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 ...

The Nebraska seal, for instance, shows a combination of images referencing agriculture (wheat ... the Roman goddess of wisdom (California); Spes, the Roman goddess of hope (South Carolina); Ceres, the ...