Glass drinking horn from Pompeii
Glass drinking horn from Pompeii. The object is in the British Museum.
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Curiosities of ancient Rome (Artifact)
The world of ancient Romans abounded in a number of amazing curiosities and information. The source of knowledge about the life of the Romans are mainly works left to us by ancient writers or discoveries. The Romans left behind a lot of strange information and facts that are sometimes hard to believe.
Casts of the victims’ remains
Casts of the remains of victims (two adults and two children) of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE. The find was discovered in the House of the Golden Bracelet in Pompeii. It is currently in the British Museum.
Fish on Roman fresco
Fish on Roman fresco. The object is discovered in Pompeii. The artifact is located in The British Museum.
Decorative Roman table – cartibulum
Roman stone table (cartibulum), in the form of a single support, in the shape of a panther. The object was discovered at Pompeii; it is in the British Museum.
Roman army decorated iron shield boss
Roman army decorated iron shield boss (umbo) with IUPPITER (Jupiter). The piece is around 70mm wide and was originally attached to the wooden shield by nails – the holes remain visible. Object discovered in Britain.
Glass brain of Vesuvius
Man’s brain turned to glass in hot ash cloud from Vesuvius. Nearly 2,000 years after a young man died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, scientists have discovered that his brain was preserved when it turned to glass in an extremely hot ash cloud.
Roman glass cameo
Roman glass cameo that shows the upper half of the goddess Venus Anadyomene (rising from the sea) touching her hair. The artifact is in The British Museum.
Pyxis – an ancient treasure box
Pyxis is a cylindrical vessel with a lid, used in ancient Greece and Rome to store jewelry, cosmetics, perfumes and even poisons. Initially made of boxwood wood (Greek pyksos – boxwood), with time they began to be created from ceramics, silver, gold, pearl mass, turtle shell or ivory.
Roman fresco showing Diana
Roman fresco showing Diana, the goddess of hunting, animals and forests. Facility dated half of the first century BCE; discovered in Pompeii. The artifact is located at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples..
Peristyle of House of Menander
Peristyl of the House of Menander in Pompeii is an impressive atrium surrounded by a colonnade, which belonged to one of the richest houses in the city. An interesting fact is that during excavations, over 100 silver vessels hidden in a wooden chest were discovered there – probably the owners tried to protect them against the disaster caused by the outbreak of Vesuvius in 79 CE. The house owes its name to the fresco depicting the Greek playwright Menander, although it is not known if he really had any connection with the owners of the residence.
