In recent decades, classical scholarship has shown that contrary to the gleaming white aspect they bear today, Greco-Roman statues and temples were flamboyantly painted. Cecilie Brøns, a researcher at ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ATHENS, Greece (AP) — For decades, Britain ...

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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. "A white marble statue was ...

Ancient sculptures are beautiful and put on display the incredible talent and hard work that their sculptors put into them. They are visually impressive, and if you are lucky enough to be able to ...

CHICAGO — At some point in the 17th century, the weathered marble body of a goat, carved in the 1st century A.D., acquired a head by the great baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The fusion of old ...

The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth is a North American stop for an exhibit featuring 58 Roman marble sculptures from the Torlonia Collection. Some museum visitors got an early look at the artworks ...

The “Trees, Time and Technology” show opening next week at the di Rosa center weaves together history, feminism, Judaica and ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — For decades, Britain and Greece were able to differ, largely politely, over the world’s toughest cultural heritage dispute: What’s the right place for some of the finest ancient ...