Not only were ancient sculptures multi-colored, they were also scented with perfumes, oils, and flower arrangements.

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

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

For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty.

The ancient Greeks and Romans often doused their statues in perfume, a recent study found. Published in the Oxford Journal of ...

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 ...

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

Dolphins in ancient Greece were revered as messengers of the gods and held a divine dimension that has survived through the ...

The study adds to research from the past decade into the art of antiquity that has found that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colors. The myth of whiteness in ...

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 ...

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

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