Sometimes research into ancient history requires the use of a curling iron.That's what Katherine Schwab discovered when she turned her attention to the hairstyles of the Caryatids, the six marble maidens created as columns on the south porch of the Erechtheion, part of the Acropolis of Athens. The ancient figures wear their tresses in intricate, subtly individualized arrangements of curls and wraparound braids, each …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:16AM on May 22, 2015