Today, ancient Greco-Roman statues housed in museums are typically ... the vibrant pigments had mostly faded away—and any color that had managed to survive quickly disappeared once the statues ...

Colored statues? To us, classical antiquity means ... By the early 19th century, the systematic excavation of ancient Greek and Roman sites was bringing forth great numbers of statues, and there ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York ...