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Ancient Greek And Roman Statues Were Meant To Be Sniffed – And They Smelled Divine
Greco-Roman sculptors created artworks with ... The Greek poet Kallimachos, meanwhile, described a sculpture of the Egyptian queen Berenice II as “wet with perfume”, while other texts by ...
Ancient statue discovered at Egyptian temple may be rare Roman bust of Cleopatra
Ancient statue discovered at Egyptian temple may be rare Roman bust of Cleopatra - Not everyone is convinced statue belongs to legendary queen ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
(Cult images refer to objects that are worshipped for representing gods.) Brøns is fond of a quote she attributes to the Roman philosopher Cicero, about the treatment of a statue of Artemis.
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 senses.
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
(Cult images refer to objects that are worshipped for representing gods.) Brøns is fond of a quote she attributes to the Roman philosopher Cicero, about the treatment of a statue of Artemis. People ...