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Ancient Greek And Roman Statues Were Meant To Be Sniffed – And They Smelled Divine
Greco-Roman sculptors created artworks with more than just visual beauty in mind, and strove to indulge all of the senses in ...
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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.
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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 ...
Long-lost Roman aqueduct discovered near Bratislava, Slovakia
An inscription on a brick links the aqueduct's construction to Gaius Valerius Constans, a second-century brickmaker from ...
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Ancient Greco-Roman Sculptures Were Not Just Visual Spectacles but Could Also Be ‘Smelt', They Were Scented
Ancient Greco-Roman Sculptures Were Not Just Visual Spectacles but Could Also Be ‘Smelt', They Were Scented For centuries, ...
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 ...
1,700-year-old tombs — with links to a gladiator — unearthed in Italy. Take a look
Archaeologists outside Naples excavated a 1,700-year-old burial ground with dozens of tombs and an inscription linked to a gladiator. Photo from the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and ...
Smell like a god: Ancient sculptures were scented, Danish study shows
Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colors, and now a Danish study has revealed that some were also perfumed.