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Samothrace, a small, rocky Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea, has a storied past that belies its diminutive size.
Archaeologists unearthed the heads of three Greek Gods in the ancient city of Aizanoi in Turkey. A group of archaeologists from Kütahya Dumlupınar University unearthed the heads of Greek ...
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.
The statues are of the stiff, highly formalized Kouros type widespread in the 7th and 6th centuries B.C. which portrayed gods, heroes or aristocrats and were painted in bright colors.
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.
Now, a researcher says there's another aspect to these statues to consider: how they smelled. Cecilie Brøns, a senior researcher and curator of the Glyptoteket museum's collection of ancient Greek and ...
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.
Walking into Sabin Howard ‘s studio in Mott Haven is like stepping into a fine art gallery. Clay and bronze statues of the Greek gods Hermes, Apollo and Aphrodite among others fill the 1,500 ...