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Western Looting of Greek Antiquities During the War of Independence
In the late 18th and early 19th century, Westerners were involved in extensive looting of Greek antiquities as the nation was ...
Greek Reporter5d
The Enigmatic Sumerian Civilization and Its Extraordinary Advances
Sumerian civilization appears to have evolved in Southern Mesopotamia around 4000 BC, while some historians place it as far ...
Greek City Times6d
The Antikythera Mechanism: A 2,000-Year-Old Mystery That Defies History
The Antikythera Mechanism, a 2,000-year-old Greek astronomical calculator, was found in a Roman-era shipwreck near ...
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Tallulah Willis Says Engagement Ring Has the Lines of Ancient Greek Amphora
S OMETIMES THE BEST things in life are worth waiting for. That’s certainly the sentiment of Tallulah Willis, who turned to ...
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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Ancient Greek And Roman Statues Were Meant To Be Sniffed – And They Smelled Divine
The Greek poet Kallimachos ... Greco-Roman statues were also brightly colored and often draped in jewelry, fabrics, and garlands. Indeed, while these ancient pigments have now long since faded, Brøns ...
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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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine23d
Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too
In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked ... Romans often decorated sculptures with colorful paint, as well as jewelry, fabrics, flowers, garlands and ribbons. Today, ancient Greco ...
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Ancient Egyptian soldiers and Greek mercenaries were at 'Armageddon' when biblical king was killed, study suggests
Ancient city The ruins of Megiddo are now in a national park about 18 miles (30 kilometers) southeast of Haifa. Megiddo was a strategically important city at a crossroads on trade and military ...
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 senses.
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The Smell of Gods: Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Once Not Only Painted But Also Perfumed
Some were adorned with jewelry. New research now reveals these ... deeply rooted in the religious and cultural rituals of ancient Greece and Rome. Texts from Cicero, Callimachus, and other ancient ...