The statue was found at the ruins of a nymphaeum, a fountain shrine dedicated to the nymphs of Greco-Roman mythology ... But while some elements of the project may be controversial within the ...

In some instances, the scents were also applied in ways that helped preserve the statues. While reading ancient Greco-Roman texts, Brøns noticed a handful of references to sweet-smelling statues.

An ancient Greco-Roman statue that’s been one of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s most-prized pieces for decades will soon return to its home country of Türkiye — but it will go on ...

Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory senses.

Her study, "The Scent of Ancient Greco-Roman ... statues was primarily religious. "It was primarily a ritual act, as a sort of veneration for the cult images," said Brøns, though she added that ...

Her study, "The Scent of Ancient Greco ... that some oils and waxes were also used to protect and preserve the statues and their paint. Verity Platt, a professor at Cornell University's Department of ...