In ancient Greece and Rome ... enhancing the religious and cultural significance of these sculptures,” writes Bill Giannopoulos for the Greek City Times. In some instances, the scents were ...

Or so one would think, looking at the current art scene. But a new and fascinating archeological finding shows that this has ...

Architectural sculpture played a significant role in ancient Greek art and architecture. It was a prominent element in temples, public buildings, and even private houses. The sculptural decoration ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of ...

Science has previously shown that sculptures from ancient Greece and ... works of Roman writers like Cicero and inscriptions on ancient Greek temples. In Delos, Greece, temple inscriptions show ...

According to new research, this also included the sense of smell, which was aroused by smothering ancient statues in rose ... and burning perfumes.” The Greek poet Kallimachos, meanwhile, described a ...

Her study, "The Scent of Ancient Greco-Roman Sculpture," was published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology this month. Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were not just experienced visually, Brøns ...

Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory senses.

The Greeks' trademark red and black pottery was very fashionable ... to their gods and superb sculptures of brave heroes. Three different designs of ancient Greek columns. The Greeks believed ...

And while the culinary arts are called arts, it is only very specific ... of sculptures shows us just how difficult this task is. Generations of art historians specializing in Greek and Roman ...