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Archaeologists Discovered a 1,700-Year-Old Statue of Hercules—Without His Head
Archaeologists discovered a 1,700-year-old 20-inch statue of Hercules in Florence, Italy. A student with a pickaxe discovered the miniature marble statue in three fragments. The fragments all fit ...
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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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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
(Cult images refer to objects that are worshipped for representing gods.) Brøns is fond of a quote she attributes to the Roman philosopher Cicero, about the treatment of a statue of Artemis.
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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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Archaeologists Found a Majestic Ancient Statue of Hermes Buried Under a Fountain
Excavations on the ruins of a fountain in Aspendos—an ancient Greco-Roman city now located in modern-day Turkey—unearthed a marble statue of the god Hermes. “Figures that remained buried for ...
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Archaeologists discover well-preserved Roman dog in Belgium
Archaeologists in Velzeke, Belgium, discovered a well-preserved Roman dog buried beneath a stone foundation. Archaeologist Arne Verbrugge from SOLVA noted the rarity of the find in the region due ...
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Roman-era Hermes statue with ram companion found in ancient Aspendos fountain
A marble statue ... Roman Imperial Period was found during the 2024 excavation season in the ancient city of Aspendos, according to CNN Türk. The marble statue depicts Hermes, known in Greek ...