Ancient Greeks and Romans perfumed their statues, study says
The ancient Greeks and Romans often doused their statues in perfume, a recent study found. Published in the Oxford Journal of ...
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Gold and Silver Mines Forged the Glory of Ancient Greece
The gold and silver mines of ancient Greece produced the metals needed to forge empires and lay the foundations of Western ...
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This Ancient Pyramid Found in the Judean Desert May Have Been a Ptolemaic Tax Collector’s Station
The official structure, stuffed with significant coins and Greek papyri, was likely later transformed into someone’s grave ...
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‘A Phenomenal Feeling’: 2,500-Year-Old Greek-Illyrian Helmet Unearthed In Croatia
"Hrvoje lifted the stone and started shouting that he had found a helmet too! It's an understatement to say it's a phenomenal ...
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Ancient Greek And Roman Statues Were Meant To Be Sniffed – And They Smelled Divine
Based on these ancient sources, two separate methods of applying perfumes to Greco-Roman statues can be identified. The first ...
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2,200-Year-Old Greek Pyramid-Shaped Structure Discovered Near Dead Sea
Archaeologists have found a 2,200-year-old Greek pyramid-shaped structure near the Dead Sea, believed to be a former desert ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were not just experienced visually ... Previous research has shown that these statues were ...
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2,400-year-old tomb with gold treasures unearthed in Greece. See what looters missed
and glass beads (6). Photo from Greece’s Ministry of Culture and Sports The tomb also began being used as a ritual site during the ancient Roman era, archaeologists said. Excavations found ...
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Archaeologists Discover Remains of an Ancient Port Structure with Buildings Submerged in Asini, Greece
Under the direction of Greek archaeologist Dr. Panagiota Galiatsatou and Swedish specialists Prof. Ann-Louise Schallin and Dr. Niklas Eriksson, the team has conducted a meticulous study of the seabed ...
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Ancient Greco-Roman sculptures were perfumed, new study reveals
Kosmesis involved the use of fabrics, jewelry, and perfumes on the statues ... was much richer than previously thought. In ancient Greece and Rome, people honored the gods with exotic perfumes ...
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Unearthing the secrets of an ancient Greek city
The ancient city of Teos sits on the western coast ... One that stood out depicted two fighting cupids, figures of Eros, the Greek god of love, whose imagery is related to Dionysos, the Greek ...