For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as ... transform them into the lifelike ...

You'd be wrong to think the ancient Greek gods bled red like you and me, as ichor was the substance that defined their ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

The colors on most ancient statues had faded by the time they were ... typically featured on Greek Gods, warriors and athletes, symbolized power. A gray skin tone symbolized virtue and bravery ...

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology. Cecilie ...

Sculptures in ancient Greece were covered with perfume just as bodies were. The practice was known as kosmesis, a “super-adornment” that also involved applying textiles and jewelry.

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

In the 900 years between those notable moments, Ancient Greek culture shaped contemporary poetry, democracy, philosophy, art, theater, and language. Take Greek mythology, for example: those ...