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Everything We Ask of Art Is in These Marbles
And the elite Romans immortalized in these marble busts spoke Greek as a matter of course ... a six-foot-seven-inch statue of the goddess Hestia (or Vesta to Romans), is also one of its most ...
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Was Talos, the Bronze Automaton Who Guarded the Island of Crete in Greek Myth, an Early Example of Artificial Intelligence?
One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Who IS Miss Electra? Get to Know Birmingham’s Golden Goddess
Meet the golden goddess on the Alabama Power Company Headquarters building in Downtown BHAM — the Divinity of Light herself, ...