Several of these texts mentioned anointing statues of Greek and Roman deities—including one depicting Artemis, the Greek goddess of wild animals, in Sicily. Statues of rulers, such as Egypt’s ...

The Greek poet Kallimachos ... Based on these ancient sources, two separate methods of applying perfumes to Greco-Roman statues can be identified. The first, known as ganosis, involved mixing ...

After a months-long legal battle, the sculpture is on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art ahead of its repatriation to Turkey ...

But the finding about the perfuming of sculptures shows us just how difficult this task is. Generations of art historians specializing in Greek and Roman sculptures have completely missed out on ...

Core elements of Roman law can be traced back to the ancient Greek world. Roman law has been fundamental to the foundations ...

By the early 19th century, the systematic excavation of ancient Greek and Roman sites was bringing forth great numbers of statues, and there were scholars on hand to document the scattered traces ...

The discovery of an antique bronze statue such as that found on Sunday, Feb. 8, or even the part of one, is an event of the greatest rarity. Since the commencement of the building operations for ...

Visitors can enjoy readings by actor Peter Guinness, as well as a lively discussion of ekphrastic poetry with classicist Dr Nigel Spivey.