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Excavations at Pompeii Reveal Rare Life-Sized Statues
An ongoing excavation at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii yielded an unusual pair of marble funerary statues. The figures ...
Everything We Ask of Art Is in These Marbles
The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the ...
Video of AI robot carving marble statues leaves internet depressed: ‘The robots sculpt and paint while we toil’
A video of an AI robot sculpting a marble statue has left the internet fuming, with people asking why we are not using AI to ...
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Archaeologists discover almost life-sized statues in Pompeii tomb
Two rare and almost life-seized statues have been discover during the digging of a massive tomb in Pompeii, Italy.According ...
Rare, near-life-sized statues discovered in Pompeii tomb
Two very rare, almost-life-sized statues have been discovered during the excavation of a massive tomb in Pompeii.
Woman Finds $3 Statue in Thrift Store—Then She Turned It Over: 'Incredible'
An incredible thrift store find has left the internet amazed after a woman stumbled on a rare 19th century marble statue for ...
Study finds many ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were scented
Science has previously shown that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were frequently painted in warm colours. A recent ...
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Visiting the Louvre's Hidden Gift Shop—and the Atelier Where Its Prints Are Made
In the suburbs of Paris, magic is made in the Louvre’s little-known ateliers, writes Elaine Sciolino in this excerpt from her ...
Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were scented, study finds
Science has previously shown that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were frequently painted in warm colours. A recent ...
Ancient Greeks and Romans perfumed their statues, study says
The ancient Greeks and Romans often doused their statues in perfume, a recent study found. Published in the Oxford Journal of ...