Life-Size Sculptures Uncovered In Pompeii Show That Ancient Women Didn't Just Have To Be ...
Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of ...
Smithsonian Magazine3 天
Archaeologists Uncover Two Nearly Life-Size Statues Carved Into the Wall of a Tomb in ...
the ancient Roman city destroyed by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 C.E. Experts think the figures are a funerary relief depicting a couple once buried at the site. The statues adorn the wall of ...
BBC3 个月
Roman wall plaster with painted peacock
Brading Roman Villa on the Isle of Wight was first excavated in 1880-1881 revealing rooms with elaborate mosaic floors and many fragments of painted wall plaster. This fragment shows a peacock ...
Smithsonian Magazine4 天
A Gladiator’s Marble-Etched Epitaph Is Found in an Ancient Roman Necropolis
The necropolis has illuminated ancient Roman funerary practices ... “This necropolis, thanks to its excellently preserved wall structures and tombs, adds an important piece to our knowledge ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs19 天
New shade of grey: Pompeii study reveals ancient Roman artists' pigment techniques
A recent study offers new insights into the pigments used by ancient Roman artists in Pompeii ... us to review the artistic process of wall paintings, which involved mixing pure pigments ...