Now even the British Museum goes by the preferred Greek form — the Parthenon Sculptures. Besides, “marbles” lends itself to too many bad puns. Ancient Greek sculpture has been admired for ...

It is clear that yoga is not a foreign term or idea to Americans. It is now a part of our way of life — whether as a way to de-stress or as a form of physical exercise. How did this ancient ...

Sculptures in ancient Greece were covered with perfume just as bodies were. The practice was known as kosmesis, a “super-adornment” that also involved applying textiles and jewelry.

Ancient sculptures at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts are getting a new look. After years of reimagining how to president the great Greek, Roman and Byzantine art, the museum has found ways to draw ...

A recent study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology by Cecilie Brøns revealed that ancient Greco-Roman sculptures were impregnated with perfumes and aromatic substances, an aspect that ...