For centuries, the world has admired the stunning beauty of ancient Greek and Roman sculptures, gushing over their intricate craftsmanship, lifelike details, and grandeur. These statues, often ...

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

After centuries of scholarship focusing solely on the shape and form of Greco-Roman sculpture, Brøns is part of what she calls a “sensorial turn,” one aimed at drawing closer to the people ...

Cecilie Brøns, who authored the study and works as an archaeologist and curator at the Glyptotek art museum in Copenhagen, finds that Greco-Roman statues were often perfumed with enticing scents ...

Her study, "The Scent of Ancient Greco-Roman Sculpture," was published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology this month. Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were not just experienced visually ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – An ancient Greco-Roman bronze statue that the New York ... display one final time at the Cleveland Museum of Art before being returned to the Turkish government.