Late Republican Domus discovered in Rome

[guy]

 

A Domus, now named Domus del Vicus Tuscus, was first discovered in 2018. It is located between the Palantine Hill and the Roman Forum and dates to the late Republican period.

 

Archaeologists have unearthed a wall covered with a mosaic, consisting of various types of shells, Egyptian blue tessarae, and tiny flakes of white marble.

 

 

One of the images on the wall are stacks of weapons and the Celtic carnyx (trumpets).

After archaeological studies are complete, this site will be accessible to the public.

 

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/01/colosseum-domus-mosaic/

 

 

 

Here is a previous thread about the Celtic carnyx:

 

 

Edited May 12 by guy

[guidoLaMoto]

Obviously beautiful and the painstaking effort to produce such a detailed, elaborate, large design is amazing....but more amazing is it's position placed in a windowless, grotto like room. How did they light it  for viewing?....Often an unappreciated fact, activities in ancient times were limited mostly to daylight hours.