The ancient Greeks and Romans often doused their statues in perfume, a recent study found. Published in the Oxford Journal of ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...

Nyx is the is the Ancient Greek goddess of the night.  Unlike her sister, Eos, the goddess of the Dawn, Nyx is a mysterious ...

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideological purposes. But in reality, ancient works of art were colorful, and ...

Fans were looking forward to the event in hopes that the long-rumored God of War Greek saga remasters could show up there. The event should still be interesting for many as it'll feature a panel ...

Excavations on monumental fountain ruins resulted in the discovery of a statue of Hermes from the ... At his feet is a ram peering up at him. In Greek mythology, Hermes was known as the fleet ...

In a groundbreaking study led by archaeologist Cecilie Brøns and published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology, a fascinating aspect of ancient art has come to light: the use of perfumes and aromatic ...

Credit: Romaine / Wikimedia Commons The research is based on a series of classical texts describing how statues of gods and illustrious figures were perfumed. For example, the Roman orator Cicero ...

Among them is a statue of Hermes, a Greek god from the Roman Imperial Period. Accompanying this discovery, sculptures of Aphrodite and Eros, as well as fragments believed to be of Artemis and Nemesis, ...

have unearthed an incredible marble statue of Hermes, the messenger of Zeus in ancient Greek mythology. Statue fragments of other deities including Eros, Aphrodite, Artemis and Nemesis have also ...

A Paddington Bear statue was slice in two and stolen by thieves (Picture: David Hartley) Residents of a Berkshire town have celebrated the return of a Paddington Bear statue after it was sliced in ...