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Ancient Greek inscriptions point to the ‘Sanctuary of Odysseus’
An announcement on June 9 from the Greek Ministry of Culture cites the discovery of a rare underground spring cistern dating ...
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Greek Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Marble Workshop Filled With Unfinished Statues
The latest ancient Greek archaeological find to cause a stir is a Hellenistic marble workshop, discovered during a dig on Paros, part of the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea. You might not ...
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Protesters face jail for climbing Churchill statue? Starmer loses plot
One Ancient Greek got himself in such a marble ... My wife got so bored with me staring in awe at Shakespeare’s statue in Stratford-Upon-Avon that she left, had three cocktails, and was fast ...
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In search of Greece's once-great Jewish city
she wished it were just a little more Greek. "I wish it were a little more Jewish," I responded, staring up at the colourful Easter decorations. The newly reopened market had topped my list of ...
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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 ...
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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, the Greek goddess of wild animals, in Sicily. Statues of rulers, such as Egypt’s ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were More Than Eye Candy—They Were Also Perfumed
New study claims Ancient Greek and Roman statues were perfumed. © Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses ...