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The Only Ancient Greek Theater on the Ionian Islands Is Finally Unearthed
A theater that once overlooked ancient Lefkada in Greece is seeing the light of day more than a century after its initial ...
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 ...
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The Ancient Greek Roots of the Christian Cross and Its Holiness
The ancient Greek roots of the cross symbol, its significance in cosmology, religion, and philosophy, long before ...
The Greek showdown: Culture v the beaches
Greece's beaches have stories, too. Dionysus, god of wine, wooed Ariadne on the sandy shores of Naxos. Kolovri Rock, off Corfu's Palaiokastritsa, is said to be Odysseus' ship turned to stone by ...
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Study Finds Connection Between Arabian God Kahl and Greek Demigod Hercules
A new study links the ancient Arabian god Kahl to the Greek hero Hercules, revealing shared warrior imagery and cultural ...
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Ancient Greek And Roman Statues Were Meant To Be Sniffed – And They Smelled Divine
According to new research, this also included the sense of smell, which was aroused by smothering ancient statues in rose ... and burning perfumes.” The Greek poet Kallimachos, meanwhile, described a ...
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Huge archaeology breakthrough as new rock carvings could solve human history 'mystery'
However, early analysis of the giant block of stone suggest the carvings are potentially around 200,000 year olds, probably predating the oldest known cave art by 100,000 years. In a statement ...
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WATCH | GI Tagged Durgi Stone Carvings
Travel WATCH | GI Tagged Durgi Stone Carvings Sponsored | Experience the legacy of centuries-old craftsmanship with the Durgi Stone Carvings of Andhra Pradesh. Carved by hand from local limestone ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too
In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked ... The myth of the all-white Greco-Roman sculpture persisted after Johann Winckelmann, an 18th-century art historian and archaeologist, wrote ...
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Ancient Egyptian soldiers and Greek mercenaries were at 'Armageddon' when biblical king was killed, study suggests
Ancient city The ruins of Megiddo are now in a national park about 18 miles (30 kilometers) southeast of Haifa. Megiddo was a strategically important city at a crossroads on trade and military ...
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Statues in ancient Greece, Rome were colorful — and perfumed
The myth of whiteness in classical sculpture In ancient times, when approaching the Temple of Aphaia on the Greek island of Aegina, one would have seen a sculpture of a young archer, painted in ...
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The Smell of Gods: Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Once Not Only Painted But Also Perfumed
Marble sculpture of the Greek god Apollo from the 2nd century AD. Credit: Reuters. For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece ... as a statue in stone,” said Cecilie Brøns ...