Curiosities of ancient Rome (Artifact)

Roman gold-plated, bronze mirror. The goddess Diana is shown there after bathing. Item is dated to the 2nd century CE.

Fragment of the Roman tent, still packed, excavated in the area of Vindolanda – a Roman camp in the north of Britain.

A Roman lamp depicting a Gallic deity of Cucullatus (from cucullus – a hooded cloak) with a phallus. Object found in southern Burgundy (France) and dated to the 1st-3rd century CE.

Made of gold and carneol Greek-Roman ring from the turn of the 1st century BCE and first century CE.

Roman figurine of boar, made of amber. Object dated to the 1st-2nd century CE.

Fayum mummy portraits were realistic portraits made on wood, which were folded at the Egyptian mummies of the reign of the Romans. It was a so-called array painting, which was extremely popular in ancient times. About 900 such paintings have survived to our times.

Found in the former Roman camp – Vindolanda – in England, bath clog, which was worn not to get burned from the hot floor in the bathhouse.

In the picture we can see Christian marital ring from ancient Rome, from around the 5th century CE.

Roman bust of Alexander the Great, excavated from the ruins of Herculaneum. Currently located in Blenheim Palace Oxfordshire, England.

Roman strigil, made of bronze. Dated to the 1st century BCE.