News

Ancient Rome

News about Ancient Rome: events, facts and developments on tafs uz.

2 stories

Pompeii reveals the contents of a woman's wardrobe: cosmetics, an amulet necklace and a hoard of 38 coins

Archaeologists of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii have reconstructed the contents of a wardrobe in house IX 11, 7 (the House of Cornelius Maximus). Among the finds are cosmetic items, a necklace of crepundia amulets and bronze coins in a woven cistella. The excavations are being carried out as part of a restoration project for the neighbouring Insula of the Chaste Lovers.

4 min read

Scientists recreate the ancient Roman Lycurgus Cup that changes colour

Scientists at the University of Sheffield have recreated ancient Roman dichroic glass similar to the fourth-century Lycurgus Cup held in the British Museum: in direct light it is green, when backlit it is red. The secret lies in nanoparticles of gold and silver, and the accuracy of the colour depended on the item's position in the furnace.

3 min read