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A Luxurious Roman Villa That Had Been Submerged Beneath An Italian Lake For Centuries Just Rose To The Surface
A hidden treasure from ancient Rome has emerged from the depths of Lake Fusaro near Naples, Italy. The shifting magma beneath ...
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Conservators Are Puzzling Together Ancient Roman Murals Found in Hundreds of Pieces
Excavated from a nearly 2,000-year-old villa in Valencia, Spain, the broken-up murals once formed fresco decor ...
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Spanish archaeologists discover approximately 4,000 fresco fragments in roman villa Barberes Sur
The Barberes Sur excavation covered more than 842 square meters of the large villa. The residence features lavish rooms arranged around a central colonnaded garden. Spanish archaeologists discover ...
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4th century mosaics from ancient Roman villa restored and reinstalled at Pompeiopolis
Restoration work was completed on a floor mosaic in a Roman villa at the ancient city of Pompeiopolis in the Taşköprü district of Kastamonu. The mosaic, believed to date to the 4th century ...
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Detailed mosaic floor — with Medusa’s face — unearthed in ancient Roman villa. See it
Archaeologists in Spain recently made an “excepcional” — which translates to exceptional— discovery: an ancient Roman mosaic floor that includes a depiction of Medusa’s head. The ...
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Roman Villa in Spain Yields More Than 4,000 Painted Wall Fragments
Ongoing digs at a Roman villa in the town of Villajoyosa in Spain have revealed more than 4,000 fragments of wall paintings that once adorned the stately residence. The Roman villa of Barberes Sud ...