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The Smell of Gods: Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Once Not Only Painted But Also Perfumed
For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty. But these sculptures, now frozen in monochrome, looked dramatically ...
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 statues were colorful — and perfumed
In ancient times, when approaching the Temple of Aphaia on the Greek island of Aegina ... many of the statues were preserved with some colors intact, such as a statue of the Greek goddess Artemis.
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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 Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too
Several of these texts mentioned anointing statues of Greek and Roman deities—including one depicting Artemis ... with such decoration placed in a temple, would have given the visitor to ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
"These inscriptions are extremely interesting and have some clear evidence for the use of perfumes and scented oils for the cult images in the temple ... of a statue of Artemis.