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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
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 ...
Archaeologists Found an Ancient Workshop With Unfinished Statues Inside
Perhaps the most iconic Greek artform today, life-sized marble statues began to appear in Greece around the early 6 th ...
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Greek Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Marble Workshop Filled With Unfinished Statues
An archaeological dig on the island of Paros, renowned for its marble, has discovered an ancient Greek sculpture workshop.
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Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too
These fragrances were “not merely decorative but symbolic, enhancing the religious and cultural significance of these sculptures,” writes Bill Giannopoulos for the Greek City Times.
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Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were More Than Eye Candy—They Were Also Perfumed
New study claims Ancient Greek and Roman statues were perfumed. © Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses ...
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The Sleeping Woman of Chalepas: A Masterpiece of Greek Funerary Sculpture
In the First Cemetery of Athens lies the sculpture of The Sleeping Woman, portraying Sofia Afentaki and created by Giannoulis ...