Curiosities of ancient Rome (Artifact)

Roman bust hammered in gold leaf, showing emperor Licinius. Object dated back to III-IV century CE.

Roman bronze whistle. Dated back to I-III century CE.

The Silchester eagle is a Roman bronze casting dating from the first or second century CE, uncovered in 1866 at Calleva Atrebatum in Silchester, Hampshire, England.

Roman remains with ring still on the finger. The deceased person was one of the many victims who died as a result of the Vesuvius eruption in 79 CE.

The find was discovered in Herculaneum.

The “Mouth of Truth” is a Roman marble medallion showing the image of a Roman bearded deity with an open mouth. The object has a diameter of about 1.75 meters and weighs 1.3 t.

Unique Roman ring with snake heads; found in Pompeii.

Roman bronze crouching winged griffin. Dated back to 2nd-3rd Century CE.

Found in 1964, a Roman doll made of ivory with a gold necklace. The doll was discovered next to the body of mummified girl’s body. It is dated to II century CE. She was buried in Cossinii tomb in Tivoli.

Roman fresco of a soldier from the House of Valerius Rufus in Pompeii.

Before and after of a digital reconstruction to a Roman fresco of a duck from the Villa di Arianna, Stabiae.