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1,600-year-old Roman guardian spirit relief found hidden beneath Vindolanda barracks
A Roman stone carving of a guardian spirit has surfaced at Vindolanda after lying beneath a military barracks floor for more than 1,600 years. Archaeologists say the find ranks among the site’s most important religious objects from recent years and adds fresh evidence about Roman life near Hadrian’s Wall...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/07/roman-guardian-spirit-relief-vindolanda/
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1,600-year-old Roman guardian spirit relief found hidden beneath Vindolanda barracks
A Roman stone carving of a guardian spirit has surfaced at Vindolanda after lying beneath a military barracks floor for more than 1,600 years. Archaeologists say the find ranks among the site’s most important religious objects from recent years and adds fresh evidence about Roman life near Hadrian’s Wall...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/07/roman-guardian-spirit-relief-vindolanda/
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Pompeii ash analysis reveals Romans burned wine and imported frankincense in household rituals
Ash left inside small incense burners from Pompeii is giving archaeologists a clearer view of what people burned in their homes during religious rituals. The material comes from two censers found in domestic spaces, one in Pompeii and another in a nearby villa...More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/04/pompeii-ash-analysis-reveals-romans-burned-wine/
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Pompeii ash analysis reveals Romans burned wine and imported frankincense in household rituals
Ash left inside small incense burners from Pompeii is giving archaeologists a clearer view of what people burned in their homes during religious rituals. The material comes from two censers found in domestic spaces, one in Pompeii and another in a nearby villa...More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/04/pompeii-ash-analysis-reveals-romans-burned-wine/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #romanempire #romanart #pompeii
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New article in the International Journal for Digital Art History:
The article suggests that Roman perspective was neither a primitive precursor of Renaissance linear perspective nor a purely intuitive system. Instead, it may have been a highly pragmatic geometric practice operating between architecture, optics, painting, and embodied space.
#DigitalArtHistory #RomanArt #3DModeling #VisualCulture #ArtHistory
https://ahnp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/dah/issue/view/7578 -
New article in the International Journal for Digital Art History:
The article suggests that Roman perspective was neither a primitive precursor of Renaissance linear perspective nor a purely intuitive system. Instead, it may have been a highly pragmatic geometric practice operating between architecture, optics, painting, and embodied space.
#DigitalArtHistory #RomanArt #3DModeling #VisualCulture #ArtHistory
https://ahnp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/dah/issue/view/7578