Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory senses.

These fragrances were “not merely decorative but symbolic, enhancing the religious and cultural significance of these sculptures,” writes Bill Giannopoulos for the Greek City Times.

Roman writer Cicero referenced the treatment of a statue of the Greek goddess Artemis in Sicily ... what the originals might have looked like; modern technologies were used to detect traces ...