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 Greco-Roman sculptures were perfumed, new study reveals
A recent study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology by Cecilie Brøns revealed that ancient Greco-Roman sculptures were impregnated with perfumes and aromatic substances, an aspect that ...
Archaeology1d
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, ...
Houston Chronicle23d
How Roman society integrated people who altered their bodies and defied gender norms
In the ancient Roman world ... behavior and modified anatomies were striking yet still integrated into Roman society. The cinaedus and the commander in chief In ancient Rome, some men who did ...
Greek City Times12d
The Sensory Experience of Ancient Greek and Roman Statues
In a groundbreaking study led by archaeologist Cecilie Brøns and published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology, a ...
Popular Mechanics12d
Archaeologists Found a Majestic Ancient Statue of Hermes Buried Under a Fountain
Excavations on the ruins of a fountain in Aspendos—an ancient Greco-Roman city now located in modern-day Turkey—unearthed a marble statue of the god Hermes. “Figures that remained buried for ...
Religion News Service22d
How Roman society integrated people who altered their bodies and defied gender norms
two figures – the cinaedus and the gallus – provide examples of men whose effeminate behavior and modified anatomies were striking yet still integrated into Roman society. In ancient Rome ...