Founded by Alexander the Great's father King Philip II in 356 B.C.E., the historic city of Philippi has become one of the ...

Bright Greek marble statues such as the "Peplos Kore" may shock many, as a myth of whiteness in ancient art has long been perpetuatedImage: Alexandros Vlachos/EPA/picture alliance/dpa Hitler and ...

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New discoveries related to works of art in ancient Greece and Rome continue to be unearthed. A Danish study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology in March found that statues in antiquity were ...

While excavating the Ta Prohm temple in Angkor in 1927, a team of archaeologists discovered the head (and only the head) of a Buddha statue. They then brought their find—which has been dated to ...

An archaeological excavation team was shocked to find a fully intact Buddha torso statue from the 12 th or 13 th century measuring 3.75 feet tall. The torso find at a Cambodian temple matches a ...

DELOS, GREECE—Many museums around the world are filled with marble statues from ancient Greece and Rome. Some viewers recognize that these works of art were not originally displayed in their ...

But, during antiquity, these statues were actually brightly colored — and, as explored in a new study, they were even coated with deeply aromatic perfumes. In ancient Greece and Rome, statues were ...

Excavations on the ruins of a fountain in Aspendos—an ancient ... from the Greek word for foam: “aphros.” Both heads reflect similar stylistic qualities to the Hermes statue, and to other ...

the use of perfumes and aromatic substances in ancient Greek and Roman statues. This revelation challenges the long-held view of classical sculpture as merely a visual art form, introducing a ...

The ancient city of Teos sits on the western coast ... One that stood out depicted two fighting cupids, figures of Eros, the Greek god of love, whose imagery is related to Dionysos, the Greek ...

Study co-lead Professor Tim Johnson, from Curtin University, said the discovery significantly challenged previous assumptions about our planet's ancient history. "Before our discovery, the oldest ...