Texts from Cicero, Callimachus, and other ancient writers describe how statues were anointed with fragrant oils and ointments ...

While Ancient Egyptians adored many animals, cats clearly reigned supreme. Indeed, elegant feline forms appear throughout ...

The city was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 79 A.D., and as a result, many of the statues were preserved with some ...

Scholars have long believed that Hatshepsut’s spiteful successor wanted to destroy every image of her, but the truth may be ...

Many ancient statues were scented, a researcher says. ... So pleasing the gods with smells that are offerings is part of a bigger realm of the sensory landscape of Greek religion," Platt told NPR.

A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of ...

Over the past 100 years, historians were left puzzled over one of ancient Egypt ’s most powerful and fascinating rulers' ...

2,000-year-old statues discovered that archaeologists say could "rewrite history" 01:00 Archeologists have discovered a well-preserved statue in an ancient sewer in Bulgaria, and it is believed to ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the same, either.

Seventeen national treasures, including the ancient Dong Duong Buddha statue and the oldest wooden Buddha figures in ...