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

In ancient Greece and Rome ... Several of these texts mentioned anointing statues of Greek and Roman deities—including one depicting Artemis, the Greek goddess of wild animals, in Sicily.

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

Examining various ancient texts, Brøns found that the practice of applying perfumes ... goddess Artemis with “precious unguents,” as well as “frankincense and burning perfumes.” The Greek poet ...

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

In the late 18th and early 19th century, Westerners were involved in extensive looting of Greek antiquities as the nation was ...

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

To read about a marble sculpture unearthed in the ancient Greek city of Philippi, go to "A Young Hercules." ...

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 ...

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 ...