New, almost life-size statues discovered in a necropolis in Pompeii. Details about the possible Roman priestess.

In addition to smelling wonderful, Greco-Roman statues were also brightly colored ... terracotta or stone, were painted.” “In some cases they were also scented, which would have made the ...

including a book by Roman author Pliny the Elder, mention the fact that sculptures in ancient Greece were painted and not left with the white marble exposed. Yet many people today are surprised to ...

Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were not just experienced ... Previous research has shown that these statues were painted and sometimes decorated with jewelry and textiles, she writes.

Stiftung Archäologie, Munich The painted replica of a c ... excavation of ancient Greek and Roman sites was bringing forth great numbers of statues, and there were scholars on hand to document ...

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility ...

Previous research has found that the Ancient Greeks and Romans didn’t experience their statues the same way as modern viewers. Instead, they painted the statues to make them seem more lifelike ...

Previous research has found traces of pigments from long-faded paint on ancient Greek and Roman statues, showing that works long assumed to be white were in fact highly colourful.

Priestesses wielded political power and had the highest social standing possible for Roman women. Statues of priestesses ... The images were painted on the walls of a large banquet room.

Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a deadly volcano wiped out the ancient Roman city. Researchers say the nearly ...