In ancient Greece ... for the Greek City Times. In some instances, the scents were also applied in ways that helped preserve the statues. While reading ancient Greco-Roman texts, Brøns noticed ...

Greece, “specifically state that the perfume used is myron rhodion: perfume made from roses.” Based on these ancient sources, two separate methods of applying perfumes to Greco-Roman statues ...

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 ...

When Giovanni Torlonia and his son Alessandro were building the collection, it was common practice to repair ancient statuary ...