Hercules shrine filled with bronze statues discovered in Rome

A sacred shrine dedicated to Hercules containing bronze statues depicting the ancient Greek hero has been discovered by ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says

A sculpture of Aphrodite is displayed during an exhibition of ancient Greek art in 2007 in Beijing, China. The collection is from the 5th and 4th centuries B.C. Many ancient statues were scented, a ...
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The wild reason ancient statues always have tiny p*nises, because I bet you’ve wondered

In his 2016 book In Bed with the Ancient Greeks, British author and historian Paul Chrystal explained that big penises were ...
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Emperor Nero’s Statue at Greece’s Corinth: A Relic of Rome’s Gift of Freedom

The forgotten statue of Nero at the Isthmus of Corinth is a relic of the time the Roman emperor granted freedom to a part of ...
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Why Were Ancient Statues of This Egyptian Female Pharaoh Destroyed?

In the 1920s, archaeologists excavating the necropolis of Deir el-Bahri near Luxor, Egypt, found many broken statues of the ancient Egyptian queen Hatshepsut—one of the civilization’s few female ...
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Ancient statues were colorful — and perfumed

New discoveries related to works of art in ancient Greece and Rome continue to be unearthed. A Danish study published in the ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City ...