Ancient Greco-Roman Sculptures Were Not Just Visual Spectacles but Could Also Be ‘Smelt', They Were Scented For centuries, the world has admired the stunning beauty of ancient Greek and Roman ...

For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as ... inscriptions reveal that statues of Artemis and Hera were maintained with rose-scented perfumes.

Many significant ancient Greek temples are found not only in Greece but also in other countries that were once part of the ancient Greek world ...

DELOS, GREECE—Many museums around the world are filled with marble statues from ancient Greece and Rome ... to embellish the statues of Artemis, Hera, and other deities. According to the ...

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology.

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created ... and oils used on statues of gods such as Artemis and Hera. According to the researcher who published the study ...

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

New discoveries related to works of art in ancient Greece and Rome continue to be unearthed ... and inscriptions refer to fragrances and oils used on statues of gods such as Artemis and Hera.