While I agree this will challenge a lot of popular assumptions about classical art, this information isn't exactly new. See for instance Alma-Tadema's represent

While I agree this will challenge a lot of popular assumptions about classical art, this information isn't exactly new. See for instance Alma-Tadema's representation of the Parthenon: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1868_Lawrence_Alma-Tadema_-_Phidias_Showing_the_Frieze_of_the_Parthenon_to_his_Friends.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1868_Lawrence_Alma-Ta...