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Nope, It's Not a Marvel Comic. It's Ancient Greek Sculpture in Color at the Metropolitan Museum of Art – Global Toy News
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Ancient greek and roman statues were actually paintend with bright colors but the paint fade with time. : r/interestingasfuck
If ancient Greek statues and sculptures were in fact fully painted in vivid and contrasting colors, why was the whiteness of the marble extracted for this purpose so highly valued? - Quora
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