Curiosities of ancient Rome (Artifact)

The photo shows plaster casts of the bodies of Romans in the luxury home of Marcus Fabius Rufus in Pompeii. The placement of bodies on the stairs clearly suggests a vain attempt to escape during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE.

Funerary portraits of Roman mummies. Found in Egypt in 1887 at the oasis of Fayum. Dated to the 2nd century CE.

Sculpture from the 2nd century CE, probably a Roman copy of an older Greek work. Exact origin unknown. The property is part of the collection of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

Marble busts of two unknown Roman women. Found in the city of Pula (Croatia). Dated to the 1st century CE.

Roman gold earrings in the shape of a lyre. Dated to II-III century CE.

An intriguing statue of the “sleeping Hermaphrodite” from the collections of the Roman museum Palazzo Massimo Alle Terme. It is a marble copy of an older work made in the middle of the 2nd century CE, found in the ruins of a Roman domus on the Quirinal, near the Teatro dell’Opera.

Relief from temple of Venus the Mother at Caesar’s Forum in Rome. The relief is in the collection of the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

Roman mosaic from Pompeii showing a boy with name Junius in a kitchen with fruit and fish. Now in the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. Dated back to 1st century CE.

Painted bust of a Roman woman from around 80 CE. The woman has on her head a typical for the Flavian dynasty arrangement of artificial and real hair.