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The Smell of Gods: Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Once Not Only Painted But Also Perfumedthe goddess of the hunt, was ritually treated with perfumed oils. On the Greek island of Delos, inscriptions reveal that statues of Artemis and Hera were maintained with rose-scented perfumes.
As the goddess of love ... of the first-century A.D. Roman Lovatelli Venus. It was excavated from the ruins of a villa in Pompeii. Unlike most ancient statues, this one gave Brinkmann a head ...
The original statue would have been about half life-size and was probably intended to be of Fortuna, the goddess of good fortune, who was often worshipped by soldiers in the Roman army.
Pompeii Archaeological Park Two nearly life-size statues have been discovered inside ... appears to be a papyrus roll.” Ceres is the Roman goddess of agriculture, fertility and motherhood.
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