Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

Several ancient Roman emperors loved Greece. As the Roman Empire consolidated, Greek culture, literature, politics, and art ...

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

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.

Science has previously shown that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were frequently painted in warm colours. A recent study from Denmark has now discovered that some of these sculptures were ...

Science has previously shown that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were frequently painted in warm colours. A recent study from Denmark has now discovered that some of these sculptures were ...

Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colors, and now a Danish study has revealed that some were also perfumed. "A white marble statue ...

Contemporary writings on art, including a book by Roman author Pliny the Elder, mention the fact that sculptures in ancient Greece were painted and not left with the white marble exposed.

The ancient Greeks and Romans often doused their statues in perfume, a recent study found. Published in the Oxford Journal of ...