The Greek poet Kallimachos, meanwhile, described a sculpture of the Egyptian queen ... Based on these ancient sources, two separate methods of applying perfumes to Greco-Roman statues can be ...

Ancient Greco-Roman Sculptures Were Not Just Visual Spectacles but Could Also Be ‘Smelt', They Were Scented For centuries, the world has admired the stunning beauty of ancient Greek and Roman ...

Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory senses.

Ancient Greeks and Romans often decorated sculptures with colorful paint, as well as jewelry, fabrics, flowers, garlands and ribbons. Today, ancient Greco-Roman statues housed in museums are ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you ...

Science has previously shown that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were frequently painted in warm colours. A recent ...

The statue of Antinous was discovered by a team of French archaeologists who in 1891 excavated the ancient site of Delphi.

Or so one would think, looking at the current art scene. But a new and fascinating archeological finding shows that this has ...

A statue that tests conclude was likely present at Sebasteion in the ancient city of Bubon, Turkey will depart the Cleveland ...

Previous research has found traces of pigments from long-faded paint on ancient Greek and Roman statues, showing that works long assumed to be white were in fact highly colorful. More information ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York ...