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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
Cecilie Brøns, a senior researcher and curator of the Glyptoteket museum's collection of ancient Greek and Roman art in Copenhagen, Denmark, says ancient texts provide evidence that statues were ...
Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were More Than Eye Candy—They Were Also Perfumed
Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory senses.
Unearthing the secrets of an ancient Greek city
Today, it is rubble and ruins, but 2,000 years ago, it was a thriving center of Hellenistic and Roman art, culture ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
Verity Platt, a professor at Cornell University's Department of Classics who specializes in Greek and Roman art history and was not involved in the study, said scenting and adorning with flowers ...