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Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture From the Torlonia Collection
When Giovanni Torlonia and his son Alessandro were building the collection, it was common practice to repair ancient statuary ...
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4,000 Roman bricks' research could reveal ancient material production mystery
Archaeologists launch a project to analyze 4,000 Roman bricks from Trier, Germany, revealing insights into ancient building ...
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A Gladiator’s Marble-Etched Epitaph Is Found in an Ancient Roman Necropolis
The graveyard of Liternum, near Naples, was in use between the first century B.C.E. and the third century C.E.
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A Stunning Collection of Rarely Seen Ancient Roman Sculptures Is Coming to North America for the First Time
Now, a portion of the Torlonia Collection has come to North America for a three-city tour ... first stop is the Art Institute ...
Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were More Than Eye Candy—They Were Also Perfumed
Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory senses.
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City finally got the opportunity ... of the Glyptoteket museum's collection of ancient Greek and Roman art in Copenhagen, Denmark, says ancient texts ...