From flaky pastries drenched in syrup to creamy delights infused with nuts and honey, Greek desserts are a feast ... Often ...

In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered for decadent ... Dessert generally consisted of fruit such as grapes, figs, or perhaps honey-based sweets, all the food washed down with diluted ...

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful ... While reading ancient Greco-Roman texts, Brøns noticed a handful of references to sweet-smelling statues.

Loukoumades are essentially Greek doughnut holes, though the sweet dough is scooped rather than punched out of a full-sized ring. Once fried, they're tossed in a mix of melted butter, honey ...

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