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The Megalithic ‘Dragon Houses’ on a Greek Island That No One Can Explain
Researchers speculate the ancient Greek Dragon Houses may have been used as temples, astronomical observatories, or storage ...
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The Ancient Greek Art of Marble Sculpture Lives on Tinos Island
When one thinks of white, marble art and clear, cerulean waters of Tinos island, Greece comes to mind. The two are synonymous ...
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An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient ... Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and first African to lead the global body.
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Greek and Roman Sculptures Were Perfumed
Based mainly on written evidence of various kinds, it can be shown that in ancient times ... Generations of art historians specializing in Greek and Roman sculptures have completely missed ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
Cecilie Brøns, a senior researcher and curator of the Glyptoteket museum's collection of ancient Greek and Roman art in Copenhagen, Denmark, says ancient texts provide evidence that statues were ...
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Ancient Greek art show including millennia-old statues opens in Beijing
Featuring a total of 279 artifacts rooted in ancient Greece, the exhibition The Countless Aspects of Beauty in Ancient Art opened in Beijing on Tuesday. The Greek show in China seems a perfect ...
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Exhibit gives Greek art a fair shake
An ancient Greek grave stele shows a symbolic handshake between a father and son. CHINA DAILY Nanjing Museum highlights power of Athenian art, Zhao Xu reports. A man, probably in his early 20s ...