White statues from ancient Greece? Where’s the diversity?

The Museum of Classical Archaeology in Cambridge is worried that all the white statues on display will give visitors what they describe as, ‘a misleading impression of an absence of diversity’ in the ancient world. Plans are accordingly afoot to apologise for the impression of ‘whiteness’ which a walk around the statues might give. Zuckerberg, Donna (2019) Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Bond, Sarah E. (2017) Why we need to start seeing the classical world in colour, New York: Hyperallergic.