Assortment of carbonized wooden furniture, altarpieces, glassware, dice, metal figures of devotion, bronze vessels from the preserved Roman Town of Herculaneum, Italy. (Constructed and crafted before 79) [4000×1848]
Assortment of carbonized wooden furniture, altarpieces, glassware, dice, metal figures of devotion, bronze vessels from the preserved Roman Town of Herculaneum, Italy. (Constructed and crafted before 79) [4000×1848]
Wow. Carbonized as it entirely vitrified to carbon or were they preserved with a carbonized finish in some way?
Absolutely remarkable how many ancient items utilize the same forms as what we have today; or rather what we have today still carries the ancient forms.
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Wow. Carbonized as it entirely vitrified to carbon or were they preserved with a carbonized finish in some way?
Absolutely remarkable how many ancient items utilize the same forms as what we have today; or rather what we have today still carries the ancient forms.