Archaeologists have uncovered the long-lost top half of a massive Ramesses II statue—nearly a century after its base was ...

Or so one would think, looking at the current art scene. But a new and fascinating archeological finding shows that this has ...

After nearly a century of inattention, the Fountain of Apollo at Versailles was completely restored using 17th-century ...

Greco-Roman sculptors created artworks with more than just visual beauty in mind, and strove to indulge all of the senses in ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...

when approaching the Temple of Aphaia on the Greek island of Aegina, one would have seen a sculpture of a young archer, painted in bright colors to look as lifelike as possible. "Run your eyes up ...

Marble sculpture of the Greek god Apollo from the 2nd century ... Left and top right: Painted replica of the Augustus Prima Porta statue. Below right: Portrait bust of Caligula.

Greek City Times reports that groundbreaking new research reveals that many Greco-Roman sculptures were not only painted, draped in clothing, and adorned with jewelry, but were even doused in ...

Previous research has found traces of pigments from long-faded paint on ancient Greek and Roman statues, showing that works long assumed to be white were in fact highly colourful.

(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) Outgoing Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou ... The names of the victims are written in red paint on the ground, while the banner in the background reads “Coverup ...