Bevause they used to wear robes and the men had long curly hair, but the gods and goddesses were sometimes semi-nude or naked.
Doric
Their gods were as important to them as ours is to us.
Well, for ancient Greeks, their language affects ours, as a good portion of English words have Greek roots or are just plain Greek. They were a powerful culture, affected others strongly, like Roman, whose language also affects ours. Parts of their culture are entwined with ours, like Cupid, the Greek god of love. The hearts for Valentine's are his arrowheads. There's thousands of other things, like constellations. Also, a good portion of Biblical stories are derived from Greek stories. Plus, their religion is interesting.
Roman
Latin was written in capital letters, and they had some letters that we see differently today e.g. V=U
It depends on what country you mean by "ours".
how did ancient Egyptian life differ from ours
Same reason religion in important in ours
earth.
The sumerian system was based on 60; ours is based on 10
The sumerian system was based on 60; ours is based on 10
Their sense of smell was at least as good as ours. As for smelling bad, most of them did not have facilities handy for bathing and lacked modern soap, and they did not have easily washable clothes or washing machines, so they no doubt developed strong odors.