For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless ... Ancient statues were not ...

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 ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of ...

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

painted in vibrant colors. Now, a researcher says there's another aspect to these statues to consider: how they smelled.

Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colors, and now a Danish study has revealed that some were also perfumed. "A white marble statue ...

The study adds to research from the past decade into the art of antiquity that has found that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colors. The myth of whiteness in ...

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility ...

Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were not just experienced ... Previous research has shown that these statues were painted and sometimes decorated with jewelry and textiles, she writes.

The new study adds to previous research from the past decade into the art of antiquity demonstrating that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colors. In ancient times, ...