Artnet

Ancient Sculptures Didn’t Just Look Good—They Also Smelled Heavenly, Study Finds

In recent decades, classical scholarship has shown that contrary to the gleaming white aspect they bear today, Greco-Roman statues and temples were flamboyantly painted. Cecilie Brøns, a researcher at ...
KPBS

Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City ...
Gizmodo

Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were More Than Eye Candy—They Were Also Perfumed

Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory senses. Reading time 3 minutes Statues in ancient Greece and Rome looked ...
Newsweek

‘Key’ Ancient Roman Town Survived Longer Than Thought, Say Archaeologists

An ancient Greco-Roman settlement in Egypt survived longer than traditionally assumed, archaeologists have proposed in a study. The study, published in the journal Antiquity, reports that the ...
AOL

U.S. returns trove of rare smuggled artifacts to Egypt, officials say

Sarcophagus lids, a Greco-Roman portrait and fragments of what is believed to be a temple of Queen Hatshepsut were among 25 rare artifacts returned to Egypt from the United States, the Egyptian ...
Greek Reporter

Incense Burner Depicting Greco-Egyptian God Serapis Unearthed in Ancient Ephesus

Archaeologists in Ephesus uncover a rare incense burner featuring the god Serapis, revealing ancient trade and religious ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

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 same, either. Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ...