Roman sculpture depicting man
Roman sculpture depicting a man. Dated to approximately 130-145 CE. The object is located at the Dallas Museum of Art (USA).
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Curiosities of ancient Rome (Artifact)
Artifacts is a collection of curiosities dedicated to objects left behind by the ancient Romans. This category features lesser-known facts and interesting information about archaeological finds, such as tools, weapons, coins, inscriptions, and everyday objects, which provide a deeper understanding of life in the Roman Empire.
Bronze bust of Roman emperor Hadrian
Bronze bust of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. Dating to the 2nd century CE, located in the Greco-Roman Museum in Alexandria, Egypt.
Woman with short hair in Fayum portrait
Woman with short hair in the Fayum portrait. The painting dates from the Hadrianic period, dating to approximately the 2nd century CE.
Young man in Fayum portrait
The painting depicts a young man. It is a so-called Fayum portrait—a unique type of portrait created in Egypt during the Roman period, roughly from the 1st to the 3rd century CE. These portraits were painted on wooden panels using the encaustic technique (paint with wax).
Bust of Roman
Marble bust of Roman. The artifact is located at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Roman fresco confirming selective painting of building
Beautiful Roman fresco that decorated the cubiculum (bedroom) of the Villa Synistora in Boscoreale (southern Italy), dating to the mid-1st century BCE.
Roman fresco showing woman’s tragic mask
Roman fresco depicting a woman wearing a tragic mask. The painting was executed in the Third Pompeian style (focusing on aesthetic effects rather than the illusion of space); it was found in the triclinium of the so-called House of the Golden Bracelet in Pompeii. The object dates to the 1st century CE.
Fragment of Roman fresco depicting preparation of meal
Fragment of a Roman fresco depicting the preparation of a meal. The object dates to the 1st century CE.
Roman mosaic depicting old woman
Roman mosaic depicting an elderly woman. The artifact was discovered in Italica, southern Spain. Dated to the 3rd century CE, it is located at the Archaeological Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain.
