Missouri archaeologists unearth ‘massive’ 2,200-year-old ruins in Italy
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Large Pool Discovered in Early Roman City COLUMBIA, MISSOURI—According to a statement released by the University of Missouri, a massive stone-lined basin […] The post Large Pool Discovered in Early Roman City appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.

Large Pool Discovered in Early Roman City COLUMBIA, MISSOURI—According to a statement released by the University of Missouri, a massive stone-lined basin […] The post Large Pool Discovered in Early Roman City appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.

Large Pool Discovered in Early Roman City COLUMBIA, MISSOURI—According to a statement released by the University of Missouri, a massive stone-lined basin […] The post Large Pool Discovered in Early Roman City appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.

ANTEFIX OF TYPHON, C6 CE. BATHS OF DIOCLETIAN This spectacular painted terracotta antefix comes from an archaic temple in Gabii, a site 18 km east along the via Prenestina which had been an independent Latial town until it was conquered by the Romans under the last legendary king, Tarquinius Superbus. This antefix was found in a destruction level more or less contemporary with the foundation of the Roman Republic in 509 BCE, so it may be slightly older than the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus. It represents the ur-monster Typhon, child of Gaia and Tartarus, utterly terrifying, born to punish the gods for the destruction of the Giants. His numerous progeny included the Sphinx and Cerberus. Here he looks very humanoid, with a black-bearded face, huge bat ears, a hairy torso, and wings.

#ReliefWednesday takes us to the town of #Gabii, 18 km east of #Rome, where this splendid #antefix was found. This is #Typhon, vengeful son of Mother Earth and enemy of the #Olympian gods, done in a #Latial style identical to work found from the same period in Rome. #AncientBluesky 🏺