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Archaeologists Uncover Two Nearly Life-Size Statues Carved Into the Wall of a Tomb in Ancient Pompeii
The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...
Life-sized statue of Roman priestess discovered in Pompeii
A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility ...
Rare life-sized statues of toga-clad couple found in Pompeii tomb
Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a ...
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A Life-Sized Statue of a Bejeweled Ancient Priestess Is Unearthed in Pompeii
Two life-sized statues have been unearthed in Pompeii, including a bejewelled priestess of the ancient goddess Ceres.
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Lifesize Sculptures Found During Excavations of Pompeii Tomb
Archaeologists have uncovered lifesize sculptures of a man and a woman in a newly excavated tomb in Pompeii’s Porta Sarno ...
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 ...
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Ancient Greek And Roman Statues Were Meant To Be Sniffed – And They Smelled Divine
Examining various ancient texts, Brøns found that the practice of applying perfumes to sculptures is described with ...
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The Ancient Roman Emperors Who Loved Greece
Several ancient Roman emperors loved Greece. As the Roman Empire consolidated, Greek culture, literature, politics, and art ...
Study finds many ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were scented
Science has previously shown that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were frequently painted in warm colours. A recent ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
An ancient Greek statue of Hermes is displayed in the archeological museum ... Verity Platt, a professor at Cornell ...
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Ancient Greco-Roman sculptures were perfumed, new study reveals
Pausanias narrates that the Statue of Zeus at Olympia was anointed ... Traditionally, Greco-Roman statues were studied from a formalist perspective, focusing on technique and visual composition.
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Archaeology breakthrough as life-sized statue of Roman priestess discovered in Pompeii
Archaeologists have unearthed two almost life-size sculptures during excavations of a tomb in the ancient Roman city of ...