For the first time, the hairstyle of the Roman vestal virgins has been re-created on a modern head. The vestal virgins were priestesses who guarded the fire of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth, among ...

Janet Stephens, a Baltimore hairdresser and amateur archaeologist, has recreated the hairstyle of the Roman Vestal Virgins on a modern head — but it wasn’t easy. After becoming inspired by an ancient ...

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

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Every year in June, Ancient Romans celebrated the Festival of Vesta, Goddess of Hearth. Instrumental in ...

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Chosen as young girls, the priestesses of Vesta, goddess of the hearth, swore a 30-year vow of chastity and in turn were granted rights, privileges, and power unavailable to other women in Rome.

Despite the resurgence and richness of the Vesta tradition, many people who think "Vestal Virgin" still think of one thing: the fact that Vestals who broke their vow of chaste service to the goddess ...