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  1. ‘Painted City’ fresco opens to public at Baths of Trajan in Rome

    Authorities on Tuesday unveiled what is believed to be the largest fresco and mosaic complex of ancient Rome:…
    #Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #Rome #AncientRome #bathsoftrajan #Excavation #fresco #mosaics #PaintedCity
    europesays.com/italy/46579/

  2. And their names: ΣΜΑΡΑΓΔΙN (Emerald) 🐈and ΩΚΕΑΝΟC (Ocean)! 🐕🐾🏛️

    Details from a 1,800-year-old mosaic discovered in Adramyttium (Αδραμύττιοv/ Edremit‎‎/ pleiades.stoa.org/places/550403) bring to light precious insights into the life of its different inhabitants and their close connection.

    hispanatolia.com/en/roman-vill

    #Art #Archaeology #Antiquity #Mosaics #Animalia #Academic #PleiadesGazetteer #GrecoRoman #Adramyttium #Excavation #Apotropaic #RomanVilla #Mediterranean #Histodons #MuratÖgzen #Hellenistic

  3. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🏛️⚽ Students at #Rome’s Cavour High School, just steps from the #Colosseum, had long whispered about hidden rooms beneath the gym floor. 🤫

    After they explored the #tunnels and alerted #Latin teacher Claudia Marino, archaeologists confirmed a 2nd century Roman villa called #Domus Liceo Cavour with frescoed walls, #mosaics, and even older #graffiti. 🏠

    👉 livescience.com/archaeology/ro

    #archaeology #history #ancientrome #teens #excavation #italy #highschool #discovery

  4. For #AllSaintsDay the mosaic from the sanctuary arch of Santa Prassede in #Rome showing the saints marching into the pearly gates, greeted by Paul and Peter. Must be the men's entrance. Ninth century.

    flic.kr/p/2eDtp5Y

    #photography
    #Byzantine
    #Medieval
    #Mosaics
    #Italy

    @visualarts @humanities @travel @theology

  5. For #AllSaintsDay the mosaic from the sanctuary arch of Santa Prassede in #Rome showing the saints marching into the pearly gates, greeted by Paul and Peter. Must be the men's entrance. Ninth century. flic.kr/p/2eDtp5Y #photography #Byzantine #Medieval #Mosaics #Italy

    Arriving at the Jeweled Gates ...