The statue of Antinous was discovered by a team of French archaeologists who in 1891 excavated the ancient site of Delphi.

As a result, many Greek statues disappeared, to be replaced by Roman replicas made of marble. Although these statues have survived the ages, their pigments quickly faded, at least for the most part.

Several of these texts mentioned anointing statues of Greek and Roman deities—including one depicting Artemis, the Greek goddess of wild animals, in Sicily. Statues of rulers, such as Egypt’s ...

I had traveled more than 6,000 miles to ask Canavesi about one of the world’s most contested pieces of ancient art: a 2,400-year-old statue of a woman believed to be Aphrodite, the Greek goddess ...

Roman writer Cicero referenced the treatment of a statue of the Greek goddess Artemis in Sicily ... The colors on most ancient statues had faded by the time they were initially excavated, so ...

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

To read about a marble sculpture unearthed in the ancient Greek city of Philippi, go to "A Young Hercules." ...