Ancient statues were colorful — and perfumed
The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ...
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9 Myths About the Greek Goddess Hera
I n Greek mythology, Hera was the goddess of women, marriage and married life. She was the queen of the gods by her marriage to Zeus. In art, she was generally depicted wearing a crown and a ...
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Ancient Greek Statues Smelled of Perfume
DELOS, GREECE—Many museums around the world are filled with marble statues from ancient Greece and Rome. Some viewers recognize that these works of art were not originally displayed in their ...
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New York's Met Museum returns stolen Greek artefact
It had previously been "prominently" displayed at the Met's ancient Greek and Roman art collection ... sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia or at that of Hera on Samos, it said, adding that the head ...