New research now reveals these once-vibrant statues did more than delight the eyes. Some were even perfumed, in an attempt to ...

The artifact, found off the coast of Italy, is believed to depict a larger-than-life male torso, archaeologists said.

Archeologists unearthed a treasure from antiquity during an excavation of Heraclea Sintica, a city in Bulgaria, this week. The statue of the messenger God Hermes was an unexpected finding. Lead ...

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.

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.

A marble statue of the Greek god Hermes was discovered in an ancient Roman sewer in southwestern Bulgaria. The 6-foot-8 statue, a Roman copy of an ancient Greek original, is reportedly in “very ...

Bulgarian archaeologists stumbled upon unexpected treasure this week during a dig in an ancient Roman sewer — a well-preserved, marble statue depicting the Greek god Hermes. The discovery of the ...

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 ...