I love these two Open Culture stories:
“How ancient Greek statues really looked: research reveals their bold, bright colors and patterns”
Like most of us, I thought the statues and monuments we saw of the ancient Greeks, Egyptians and others were a dull white or a boring sandy brown colour. It wasn’t until I traveled to Egypt a few years ago. The tour guide pointed out that of course the things we were looking at were painted in their original form. I realized we aren’t seeing these antiquities as they were originally made. These stories and videos help us imagine what they actually might have looked like.