Rare life-sized statues of toga-clad couple found in Pompeii tomb
Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a deadly volcano wiped out the ancient Roman city . Researchers say the nearly ...
Everything We Ask of Art Is in These Marbles
The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the ...
Life-size sculptures — of a possible priestess and her husband — found at Pompeii
Nearly 2,000 years after a volcanic eruption caused hot ash to blanket the city, construction on railway lines revealed a ...
Travel: There’s nothing like being pampered in a spa while visiting historic Greece
The wellness destination Euphoria Retreat provides services to heal the body and mind in the ancient fortress town of ...
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Archaeologists Stunned to Find Statue Heads of the ‘Goddess of Beauty’ and the ‘Deity of Wine’ in Turkey
Archaeologists Stunned to Find Statue Heads of the ‘Goddess of Beauty’ and the ‘Deity of Wine’ in Turkey Religious faith ...
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Ancient Greek And Roman Statues Were Meant To Be Sniffed – And They Smelled Divine
The great Roman statesman Cicero, for example, wrote about how the residents of Segesta in Sicily anointed a statue of the ...
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Nyx, the Ancient Greek Goddess of the Night
Nyx is the is the Ancient Greek goddess of the night.  Unlike her sister, Eos, the goddess of the Dawn, Nyx is a mysterious ...
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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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Statues in ancient Greece, Rome were colorful — and perfumed
Roman writer Cicero referenced the treatment of a statue of the Greek goddess Artemis in Sicily, while the poet Callimachus’ description of the statue of Queen Berenice II of Egypt. The study ...
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The Most Famous Statues of Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty
Profile of the statue ... by both Greek and Roman artists and is a landmark in art history. This is because its artist, Praxiteles, succeeded in capturing the divine female form in a striking blend of ...
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ARTS AND HUMANITIES: Aiken Center for the Arts hosts film premiere
An ostensible reference to the birth of the Roman goddess Venus, the book’s title effectively signals the subject areas most prominently covered in its pages: the power of love and the beauty of ...
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Virgin Mary sculpture standing nearly 200 feet set to be tallest religious statue in the world
Construction has begun on a 180-foot statue of the Virgin Mary in Konotopie, Poland. It's believed that the project, once it is finished, will be the tallest religious structure of its kind ...