Immaculately Preserved Funerary Statues Found in Pompeii
Archaeologists working at a city in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered two life-sized funerary statues ...
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An Artist Noticed a Leak in His Studio. The Repairs Revealed a Mysterious Ancient Engraving Hidden Inside the Walls
As the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Christopher Lightfoot wrote in 2009, “The language of Roman funerary texts demonstrates the human, compassionate side of the Roman psyche, for they ...
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A Gladiator’s Marble-Etched Epitaph Is Found in an Ancient Roman Necropolis
The necropolis has illuminated ancient Roman funerary practices, according to the superintendent. “The area is experiencing a particularly fruitful moment in terms of archaeological research ...