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Scientists now believe that the Ancient Greek sculptures were not plain white marble at all but rather were richly decorated with bright colours and bold patterns.
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The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideological purposes. But recent exhibitions have shed new light on the colorful ancient world.