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Learning Made Fun: Why Greek Statues Have Small Packages

Ever wonder why statues of Greek men are always sporting miniature tinklers? “They have small to very small penises, compared to the average of humanity,” notes art historian Andrew Lear, a specialist ...
Greek Reporter

Greek Goddess Hestia Statue Head Unearthed at Ancient City in Turkey

Archaeologists in western Turkey uncover a Hellenistic marble head believed to depict the Greek goddess Hestia.
techtimes

Archaeologists Discover the Heads of 3 Greek Gods in an Ancient City in Turkey

The team already found the headless body of Hercules. But unfortunately, the head that they recently found did not match the body, according to Dr. Gökhan Coşkun, who is leading the excavations. The ...
Greek Reporter

The Sleeping Woman of Chalepas: A Masterpiece of Greek Funerary Sculpture

In the First Cemetery of Athens lies the sculpture of The Sleeping Woman, portraying Sofia Afentaki and created by Giannoulis ...
NPR

Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City ...