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Archaeologists Discover Mosaics of Two Fighting Cupids and a Mysterious Inscription at an Ancient Greek City Hall
New research is shedding light on the bouleuterion building that once stood in the ancient city of Teos, located in ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too
But, in reality, ancient Greeks and Romans embraced bold colors, which archaeologists call “polychromy.” Brightly hued paints ...
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Greece’s Ancient Oeniadae: Home to One of the World’s Oldest Shipyards
On the west bank of the Achelous are the remains of one of the oldest shipyards in antiquity, that of the ancient Greek city of Oeniadae ...
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Unearthing the secrets of an ancient Greek city
Today, it is rubble and ruins, but 2,000 years ago, it was a thriving center of Hellenistic and Roman art ... Greek god of wine and the patron deity of Teos, with a major temple in the city.
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Does the 'Grave Naiskos' statue show an ancient Greek using a laptop?
"These holes were possibly metal pins that held a now-missing marble piece in place," explained Greek City Times ... has a long history in Greek funerary art. The woman is shown reaching for ...
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Ancient Greek Statues Smelled of Perfume
Many museums around the world are filled with marble statues from ancient Greece and Rome. Some viewers recognize that these works of art were not originally displayed in their glistening white form, ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City finally got the opportunity to see how the ... a senior researcher and ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City finally got the opportunity ... the Glyptoteket museum's collection of ancient Greek and Roman art in Copenhagen, Denmark, says ancient texts ...