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The Smell of Gods: Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Once Not Only Painted But Also PerfumedFor centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty.
Over the centuries, the movement of large numbers of people meant that gods from a variety of cultures, including Etruscan and Greek, merged together. As a result, Roman gods were a blend of ...
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‘Curse tablets’ addressed to Roman god found at ancient cemetery. What do they say?While several have been found with inscriptions in Greek and Latin across the Mediterranean ... calling on the Roman god of war, Mars, to invoke a curse on a list of names for their injustice.
Offerings were made on special stone tables called alters ... Jupiter, for example, was very similar to the Greek god Zeus. Statue of the Roman god, Mars, at the Capitoline Museums, Rome.
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