Curiosities of ancient Rome (Artifact)

Roman glass vessel in the shape of a fish. Object dated to the 1st-2nd century CE.

Roman fresco depicting Phrixus and Helle with a ram with a golden fleece. The object was probably found in Pompeii. The scene shows the moment Helle falls into the water and dies. Phrixus and Helle were siblings who were to be sacrificed to Zeus by their father Atamas – king of Beotia. However, god decided to send a ram to save them and carry them east.

Beautiful Roman multicolored glass vessel. The object is dated to the 1st century BCE.

A 35-meter-long wreck of a Roman ship. As it turns out, it was a transport unit that carried 6,000 amphoras. The property was discovered in 2019 off the coast of the Greek island of Kefalonia. This is one of the largest Roman shipwrecks found in the Mediterranean Sea.

Realistic Roman mosaic showing mullet, a popular delicacy of the Roman aristocracy. The object dates back to the 1st century CE, which is located in the State Historical Museum in Moscow.

Beautiful Roman hexagonal enamel object, found at Welzheim, southern Germany. Probably the vessel was used to store perfumes.

A preserved Etruscan wooden head sculpture was located on a funeral urn. There are still slight traces of the original gilding around the mouth. The head was found in Chiusi, in central Italy. The object is dated to the 7th century BCE and is now located in the Archaeological Museum of Milan.

An ancient carved head was found in Perth (Scotland). The object was found in 1965. The depressions visible on the head suggest that horns may have been attached here; researchers suggest that it may have been the horned deity Cernunnos, who was worshipped by people in northern Britain and Caledonia. Artefact is dated to the 2nd century CE.

Damaged antique vessels that were deformed during firing and then abandoned. According to researchers, the vessels were not even used. The objects were found in an ancient landfill in Waiblingen, in southwest Germany. Dated on the 2nd/3rd century CE.

Roman water wheel, located in the Archaeological Museum of Huelva (southern Spain). The object was found in 1928 in the Rio Tinto mine; dated 1st-2nd century CE. The water wheel was used in the ancient ore mine to remove water and replaced the trowel of people and animals.