Archaeologists Unearthed Missing Statue Head of Greek Goddess. It’s 2,100 Years Old

Archaeologists have made a number of historic discoveries while excavating the ancient Greek City of Laodicea, which housed a church mentioned in the Bible. Among the most notable discoveries was a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology. Cecilie Brøns, who ...
Popular Mechanics

Archaeologists Found a Centuries-Old Greek God Statue at the Bottom of a Roman Sewer

A marble statue of the Greek god Hermes was discovered in an ancient Roman sewer in southwestern Bulgaria. The 6-foot-8 statue, a Roman copy of an ancient Greek original, is reportedly in “very good ...