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Archaeologists Find Missing Piece of Colossal Ramesses II Statue—And It’s Shockingly Intact
Archaeologists have uncovered the long-lost top half of a massive Ramesses II statue—nearly a century after its base was ...
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How Versailles Brought the Fountain of Apollo Back to Its Former Glory
After nearly a century of inattention, the Fountain of Apollo at Versailles was completely restored using 17th-century ...
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Greek and Roman Sculptures Were Perfumed
Or so one would think, looking at the current art scene. But a new and fascinating archeological finding shows that this has ...
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Ancient Greek And Roman Statues Were Meant To Be Sniffed – And They Smelled Divine
The Greek poet Kallimachos, meanwhile, described a sculpture of the Egyptian queen Berenice II as ... terracotta or stone, ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...
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Toronto Sculpture Garden
Toronto Sculpture Garden exhibitions change twice per year, typically in the spring and fall. Since opening in 1981, the Toronto Sculpture Garden (TSG) commissioned temporary artworks by over 80 ...
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Statues in ancient Greece, Rome were colorful — and perfumed
The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideologies. But, in reality, ancient works of art were colorful and even ...
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The Smell of Gods: Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Once Not Only Painted But Also Perfumed
Marble sculpture of the Greek god Apollo from the 2nd century AD. Credit: Reuters. For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of ...
Archaeology17d
Ancient Greek Statues Smelled of Perfume
DELOS, GREECE—Many museums around the world are filled with marble statues from ancient Greece and Rome. Some viewers recognize that these works of art were not originally displayed in their ...
Dawn19d
Ancient sculptures were scented, study shows
COPENHAGEN: Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colours, and now a Danish study has revealed that some were also perfumed. “A white ...
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Ancient sculptures were scented, study shows
COPENHAGEN: Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colours, and now a Danish study has revealed that some were also perfumed. `A white ...