Smithsonian Magazine on MSN8h
Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too
But, in reality, ancient Greeks and Romans embraced bold colors, which archaeologists call “polychromy.” Brightly hued paints ...
All That's Interesting on MSN5h
Archaeologists In Italy Just Unearthed A Large Roman Swimming Pool Beneath A School
Excavations of the ground floor of a school in Vibo Valentia, Italy recently revealed an opulent room containing columns and ...
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 ...
Vengeful ghost cat, divorce lizard, phantom horse: the animals that haunted Ancient Rome and Greece
The handful animal ghosts in the ancient world are often depicted not as friendly visitors but as mere tools for humans – and ...
What did ancient Roman artists use to paint Pompeii? New study offers a glimpse
Unused paints are generally rare finds for archaeologists — but not at Pompeii. Take a look at “almost the entire palette of an ancient painter.” ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN7d
A Stunning Collection of Rarely Seen Ancient Roman Sculptures Is Coming to North America for the First Time
The marbles in the Torlonia Collection have been inaccessible to the public for decades. Now, some of them will be exhibited ...
Greek Reporter5h
New Discovery in Egypt Unveils Ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman Graves and Artifacts
An ancient military tomb and graves from the Egyptian, Greek, and Roman periods have been discovered at Tell Ruwad Iskandar, ...
Discovery of ritual bath sheds light on Jewish life in ancient Rome
The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near Rome – the oldest such discovery outside of the biblical ...
Ancient Roman structure hid under lawn of historic mansion in Slovakia — until now
Digging into the lawn of a historic mansion in the capital city of Slovakia, archaeologists and their team of university students expected to find some ancient Roman artifacts but what emerged shocked ...