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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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine6d
Archaeologists Uncover Two Nearly Life-Size Statues Carved Into the Wall of a Tomb in Ancient Pompeii
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 ...
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The Tower of the Scipios, the Best-Preserved Roman Funerary Monument in Hispania
which were long mistakenly identified as the Roman generals Publius and Gnaeus Scipio. Modern studies have revealed that they actually represent Attis, an Eastern deity associated with funerary rites ...