testifies to German archaeologist Vinzenz Brinkmann’s painstaking research into the ancient sculpture’s colors. The original statue came from the Temple of Aphaia on the Greek island of Aegina.

Drawing on ancient texts, temple inscriptions ... was ritually treated with perfumed oils. On the Greek island of Delos, ...

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

Archaeologists in Sicily have uncovered a rare gymnasium complex, featuring a lecture auditorium, in the ancient Greek city ...

She made the discovery after immersing herself in the works of Roman writers like Cicero and inscriptions on ancient Greek temples. In Delos, Greece, temple inscriptions show that some statues ...

DELOS, GREECE—Many museums around the world are filled with marble statues from ancient Greece and Rome ... painted with many colors. Greek City Times reports that groundbreaking new research ...

But unforeseen problems arose as soon as workers started disassembling the temples. For example, the ancient Greek builders had secured the marble blocks together with iron clamps fitted in ...

What did the ancient Greek believe in? Discover ancient Greek temples, gods and heroes. How did the ancient Greeks fight? Learn about ancient Greek battles, soldiers and weapons. What was Greek ...

The columned temple of Apollo Epicurius rises majestically within the sanctuary of Bassae in the mountains of Arkadia. It is one of the best-preserved monuments of classical antiquity and an evocative ...