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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 often smelled like roses, a new study says
Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were ... Brøns is fond of a quote she attributes to the Roman philosopher Cicero, about the treatment of a statue of Artemis. People "anointed her with precious ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were More Than Eye Candy—They Were Also Perfumed
which describes the statue of Ptolemaic Egyptian Queen Berenice II (around 267 to 221 BCE) as “yet wet with perfume.” She also points to the Greek philosopher Proklos’ (410 to 485 CE ...