{"id":118147,"date":"2023-01-31T19:29:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T18:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/?post_type=odkrycia-rzymskie&p=118147"},"modified":"2023-01-31T19:29:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T18:29:08","slug":"beautiful-ceiling-in-palace-in-herculaneum-has-been-reconstructed","status":"publish","type":"odkrycia-rzymskie","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/discoveries\/beautiful-ceiling-in-palace-in-herculaneum-has-been-reconstructed\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful ceiling in palace in Herculaneum has been reconstructed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scientists have managed to reconstruct the beautiful ceiling in the seaside palace in Herculaneum<\/a>, restoring the original colour of the ceiling. They succeeded thanks to preserved pieces of wood.<\/p>\n

The building known as the House of Telephus is a large villa that was supposed to belong to Marcus Nonius Balbus – the Roman governor of Crete.<\/p>\n

According to Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, director of the Herculaneum Preservation Project, work on the reconstruction of the roof and ceiling of the building began in 2008. It was a very tedious and thorough process, thanks to which it was possible to find out how the ceiling in the dining room was painted. The height of the room was 9 meters, and the floor was additionally lined with marble. What’s more, the room had a beautiful view of the Gulf of Naples.<\/p>\n

Scientists used original pieces of wood with traces of paint to rebuild the ceiling. Then, using a 3D scanner, it was possible to reconstruct the fictitious appearance of the vault and colour it.<\/p>\n

At the moment, scientists have managed to reconstruct only 1\/3 of the ceiling. Moreover, half of the house is under 13 meters of volcanic rock, which prevents the building from being fully excavated.<\/p>\n\n\t\t