Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colours and now a Danish ...

A recent study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology by Cecilie Brøns revealed that ancient Greco-Roman sculptures were impregnated with perfumes and aromatic substances, an aspect that ...

Elgin’s workmen removed a total of 15 metopes from the Parthenon. They also took 247 feet—just under half—of the total frieze, as well as removing one of the caryatids (female sculptures ...

Around 2000 replicas of Greek and Roman sculptures and reliefs stand side ... Aphrodite, Zeus, Julius Caesar, the Parthenon model or portrait busts: The abundance of sculptures and reliefs is ...

While Lord Elgin had received the necessary permit to look for and examine sculptures in and around the Parthenon, it is unclear whether he had permission from the Ottomans to remove them from the ...

The museum's Western Range galleries house ancient Roman, Egyptian ... The 2,500-year-old sculptures once adorned the Parthenon temple in Athens in honour of the city's patron goddess Athena.

This sculpture from the Parthenon shows a Centaur rearing triumphantly over a dying human Lapith. This focus on human suffering epitomises the intense humanism of Greek art. The sculpture also ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek lawmakers on Wednesday elected as president a former parliamentary speaker and leading advocate for the return of the disputed Parthenon sculptures from the British ...

More information: Cecilie Brøns, THE SCENT OF ANCIENT GRECO‐ROMAN SCULPTURE, Oxford Journal of Archaeology (2025). DOI: 10.1111/ojoa.12321 ...