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The Smell of Gods: Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Once Not Only Painted But Also Perfumed
“A white marble statue was not intended to be perceived ... On the Greek island of Delos, inscriptions reveal that statues of ...
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Ancient Greek Statues Smelled of Perfume
DELOS, GREECE—Many museums around the world are filled with marble statues from ancient ... and oils used to embellish the statues of Artemis, Hera, and other deities. According to the study ...
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Statues in ancient Greece, Rome were colorful — and perfumed
Yet many people today are surprised to learn that classical statues were bursting with color. So how and why did this myth of colorless marble statues begin? "This strange concept of colorless ...
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Archaeologists unearth 1,700-year-old statue of Greek god's messenger
Archaeologists excavating at the ancient city of Aspendos, 25 miles east of Antalya on the Turkish coast, have unearthed an incredible marble statue of Hermes, the messenger of Zeus in ancient ...
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Bringing the Color Back to Ancient Greece
Athena, Hera and Aphrodite vied for Paris to decide ... Ancient sculptors were very much interested in color as well as form; the white marble statues we admire looked stunningly different in ...