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 ...
1,700-year-old headless Hercules statue discovered in Italy — here’s where you can see it
A 1,700-year-old marble statue of Hercules has been unearthed at the mediaeval site of Montaione in Tuscany. Discovered by an ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
Brøns is fond of a quote she attributes to the Roman philosopher Cicero, about the treatment of a statue of Artemis. People "anointed her with precious unguents" and "crowned her with chaplets ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too
Cecilie Brøns, who authored the study and works as an archaeologist and curator at the Glyptotek art museum in Copenhagen, finds that Greco-Roman statues ... a cult statue of a god or goddess ...
Teynham Triton statue found at Frognal Lane development was “ritually decapitated”, new study reveals
A Roman sculpture which was found on a development site had its head and right hand chopped off in a “ritual”, a new study ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
(Cult images refer to objects that are worshipped for representing gods.) Brøns is fond of a quote she attributes to the Roman philosopher Cicero, about the treatment of a statue of Artemis. People ...