For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty.

The 250-statue National Garden of American Heroes, originally set for completion in July 2026, should be finished “during” ...

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?

Every state has a capitol that houses its state legislature. Many are domed buildings similar to the US Capitol, but others ...

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.

When you think of ancient sculpture, the image that likely comes to mind is that of tall white marble statues. In museums and on archaeological sites, they embody an immaculate Greece with ...

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 ...

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.

03/18/2025 March 18, 2025. The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideologies.

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.