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The Smell of Gods: Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Once Not Only Painted But Also PerfumedFor centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty.
An archaeologist has studied broken statues of Queen Hatshepsut—one of the few women to rule as an Egyptian pharaoh, 4,000 years ago—and found that they were not attacked during the ...
A fragment of a Roman era statue, representing a male torso, was discovered off the coast of Italy by divers, video footage shows. It measures 3 feet in length.
A large statue of She-Wolf with Romulus and Remus, including the plinth, two Roman deer and a bust of Antinous were plundered from Iford Manor, Wiltshire.
Research suggests the destruction of her statues "were perhaps driven by ritual necessity rather than outright antipathy." ...
What if I told you the Statue of Liberty was built to imitate a wonder of the ancient world? The colossus is the wonder of the ancient world that we know the least about.
Israeli archaeologists recently uncovered an ancient sarcophagus depicting a scene familiar to many today: a drinking game.
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