A new study underscores the ubiquity of pleasant smells attached to commonly displayed objects, like sarcophagi and wrappings used in mummified remains.

Greco-Roman sculptors created artworks with more than just visual beauty in mind, and strove to indulge all of the senses in ...

A Media Snippet accompanying this announcement is available by clicking the image or link above LONDON, March 23, 2025 (GLOBE ...

Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory ...

the company blends ancient tradition with modern elegance. Tapputi’s vision is to make alcohol-free, attar and luxury, original Egyptian perfume oils accessible to all men and women at an ...

DELOS, GREECE—Many museums around the world are filled with marble statues from ancient Greece and Rome ... but were even doused in perfume and fragrant substances to create a rich sensory ...

Ancient statues were coloured and doused in perfume according to latest Danish research The reality according to the latest thinking is that they would have originally been painted, dressed in ...

COPENHAGEN, March 16 — Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colours, and now a Danish study has revealed that some were also perfumed. “A ...

IN this volume the author has published with a change of title a second edition of his “Ancient Egyptian Materials ... cosmetics, perfumes and mother-of-pearl. Many additions have been ...

Mummy aroma may provide insight into social class and historical period, according to a team of trained mummy sniffers ...