Researchers uncover that ancient Greek statues were not just painted and dressed but also perfumed, adding a new dimension to ...
Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colours, and now a Danish ...
The Vatican’s famous Apollo Belvedere—a marble statue of the Greek god of archery ... Guy Devreux, a curator at the Vatican Museums’ stone and marble restoration workshop, tells Reuters ...
Archaeologists recently unearthed an impressive mining complex dating back 3,000 years, which had been used to extract gold and pulverize and filter quartz.
Most of its residents live in the main town of Hanga Roa. The island is famous for its enormous stone statues known as moai. The statues, which are carved from volcanic rock, stand at 13 feet high ...
That was rumor.” The Cleveland Museum of Art said its extensive testing proves the statue is “probably not” Marcus Aurelius, but rather a Greek Philosopher. “The stone base at the ...
In 2023, the New York County Manhattan District Attorney’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit, or NYATU, had seized a statue in the collection of ...