Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the same, either.

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In Crete, the birthplace of the Greek god Zeus, legendary architect Daedalus was inspired to create a labyrinth beside the rolling waves of the Aegean Sea.

In Greek mythology, Daedalus was commissioned by King Minos to build the labyrinth to imprison the Minotaur, a terrible beast with a bull head.

Since physical traces of ancient perfumes on statues are nearly nonexistent, Brøns turned to textual sources. One of her earliest examples comes from the Roman writer Cicero (106–43 BCE), who ...

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.

Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too New research suggests that sculptures were perfumed with sweet-smelling fragrances such as rose and beeswax.

To this day, since its original publication in 1942, many schoolchildren across the globe credit Edith Hamilton’s Mythology with being the text that ignited a deep love for ancient Greek legend.

In Charlie Covell's Greek mythology-based series, Prometheus gives you a one-liner introduction to each figure and location, but the show's not Greek Mythology 101 by any means — there's ...