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Walk through the Greek sculpture galleries of most museums and you'll see pedestal after pedestal of white, marble statues with sightless eyes. That's just how Ancient Greek sculpture was, right?

One of the most significant is a white marble statue of a woman adorned with a royal crown, which a leading expert believes reveals the face of Cleopatra VII, Daily News Egypt reported.

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.

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 ...

The white marble statutes we revere were originally dressed in eye-popping pigments. Skip to main content. ... the white marble statues we admire looked stunningly different in antiquity.

The white marble sculpture, which is missing a head and arms, appears to depict a woman's torso draped in a loose dress or cloak. A statue from the Hellenistic period found in an area of ...

Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and suspect it may be of the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII.