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 often smelled like roses, a new study says
Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...
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Ancient Sculptures Didn’t Just Look Good—They Also Smelled Heavenly, Study Finds
Not only were ancient sculptures multi-colored, they were also scented with perfumes, oils, and flower arrangements.
Statue discovered at Cleopatra’s alleged tomb reveals her true face, scientist claims
Instead, some have suggested it portrays a princess from the Ptolemaic dynasty. The team also found a half-length statue of a ...
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Dancing dwarf: A 2,300-year-old ancient Egyptian statue of a godlike man with a muscular 6-pack
When it was made: Sometime between 332 and 150 B.C., during the Ptolemaic period Related: 2,000-year-old RSVP: A birthday invitation from the Roman frontier that has the earliest known Latin ...
Archaeologists uncover treasures from 3,000-year-old gold mine in Egypt that 'reveals historical secrets'
Archaeologists recently unearthed an impressive mining complex dating back 3,000 years, which had been used to extract gold and pulverize and filter quartz.
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
One exception is a statue of the Ptolemaic Queen Berenice II from the third century B.C. Brøns said previous research did not detect a scent, but did detect evidence of beeswax spread on the statue.