How the Romans Made Statues ‘Real’

Interesting little video clip from the BBC (which is hype for a program, of course) on the evidence for colorization of Roman statuary:

• How Romans made marble statues ‘real’ (BBC)

On the ‘egyptian blue’ thing, check out some of our previous posts:

• Exhibition: True Colors – Rediscovering Pigments on Greco-Roman Marble Sculpture

• Pompeiian Pigments