Greek Reporter

Greek Statues Were Not Only Painted and Dressed But Also Perfumed, Study Reveals

Researchers uncover that ancient Greek statues were not just painted and dressed but also perfumed, adding a new dimension to ...
Houston Public Media

Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says

A sculpture of Aphrodite is displayed during an exhibition of ancient Greek art in 2007 in Beijing, China. The collection is from the 5th and 4th centuries B.C. Many ancient statues were scented, a ...
Artnet

Greek Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Marble Workshop Filled With Unfinished Statues

The latest ancient Greek archaeological find to cause a stir is a Hellenistic marble workshop, discovered during a dig on Paros, part of the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea. You might not know ...
AOL

Temple ruins on uninhabited Greek island reveal 2,400-year-old statues. Take a look

Entering the temple, ancient worshipers passed under several sets of watchful marble eyes. The stone statues once gazed across a bustling settlement. Millennia later, the fragmented figures are the ...
NPR

We know Greek statues weren't white. Now you can see them in color.

Walk through the Greek sculpture galleries of most museums and you'll see pedestal after pedestal of white, marble statues with sightless eyes. That's just how Ancient Greek sculpture was, right? Nope ...
Artnet

Lasers Used to Clean Ancient Greek Statues

While visitors to the Acropolis Museum in Athens can still see the 2,500-year-old caryatid statues that once graced the porch of the Erechtheion temple on the Acropolis, the marble figures are ...
NPR

Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City ...
Miami Herald

Temple ruins on uninhabited Greek island reveal 2,400-year-old statues. Take a look

Archaeologists excavating ruins on the uninhabited island of Despotiko found several 2,400-year-old temple statues, photos show. Photo from the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports Entering the temple ...