But, in reality, ancient Greeks and Romans embraced bold colors, which archaeologists call “polychromy.” Brightly hued paints ...

Ancient Greco-Roman Sculptures Were Not Just Visual Spectacles but Could Also Be ‘Smelt', They Were Scented For centuries, ...

Sculptures in ancient Greece were covered with perfume ... Another way scent was applied to sculpture came through flower wreaths and garlands. While the archeological record of such adornments ...

Her study, "The Scent of Ancient Greco-Roman Sculpture," was published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology this month.

For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty. But these sculptures, now frozen in monochrome, looked dramatically ...

The traditional craft of making xuanzhi, or rice paper, dates back about 1,500 years. It has been used by writers, historians ...

The use of perfumes in ancient art had not only a decorative purpose but was part of a symbolic and religious language that endowed sculptures with a more tangible presence. Perfumes were used not ...

Titled “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture From the Torlonia Collection,” the exhibition will feature 58 sculptures, according to a statement from the museum. All of the pieces are ...

Images of an underwater sculpture near Thailand's Koh Tao island have been shared around the world in social media posts that falsely claimed it may be "centuries-old and linked to an ancient ...

More information: Cecilie Brøns, THE SCENT OF ANCIENT GRECO‐ROMAN SCULPTURE, Oxford Journal of Archaeology (2025). DOI: 10.1111/ojoa.12321 ...

Greek-born sculptor George Petrides presented Greece's UN representative with a sculpture of an ancient Greek female figure ...