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icymist

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Thu Jul 16, 2015, 03:33 PM Jul 2015

A rare treasure of ancient Roman frescoes comparable to Pompeii has been unearthed in France

Archaeologists have excavated an ancient Roman villa in Arles, France, with fresco murals depicting a musician playing a harp, Dionysus and the entourage of Bacchus. Researchers say it is rare to find such fresco paintings from the ancient Roman era outside of Italy, and in France these frescoes are unique. Though these frescoes are broken and fragmentary, researchers will be able to piece them together.

The most recent dig in the villa, in the state room, followed one in which a bedroom or cubiculum was excavated. Archaeologists also uncovered murals in the bedroom, but the ones in the state room were particularly fine. They were painted between 70 and 20 BC in expensive vermilion and purple pigments from Egypt, a fact that points to the wealth of the owners of the villa. The Arles Museum of Antiques says an extremely skilled Italian workshop probably produced the paintings. The depiction of the people and their clothing and the quality of the presentation are very well done, says a press release from the museum.

http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/rare-treasure-ancient-roman-frescoes-comparable-pompeii-has-been-unearthed-020433

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A rare treasure of ancient Roman frescoes comparable to Pompeii has been unearthed in France (Original Post) icymist Jul 2015 OP
Very interesting. Behind the Aegis Jul 2015 #1
I keep my eyes open. icymist Jul 2015 #2
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