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2,500-Year-Old Coțofenești Gold Helmet with Greek and Scythian Influences to Be Restored
The Coțofenești Gold Helmet, a 2,500-year-old masterpiece of Getic art, is set to undergo restoration in Romania after specialists completed an extensive program of scientific analysis and documentation. Dating to the mid-5th century BC, the Iron Age artifact is associated with the elite of the ancient Getae. Made of gold, its richly decorated surface combines…
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Pompeii’s Lost Ceiling Reveals Dionysus and Ariadne Above an Ancient Banquet Hall
A richly painted ceiling depicting Dionysus and Ariadne, once suspended above an upstairs banquet hall in Pompeii, has been partially reconstructed from hundreds of fragments recovered beneath the room’s collapse. The restored section comes from the House with the Bakery in Regio IX. Conservators have so far reassembled more than a quarter of the original…
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Sillyon Walls That Defied Alexander the Great Are Being Restored in Antalya, Turkey
Sillyon Ancient City, known for defying Alexander the Great, is once again drawing attention as its formidable defensive walls undergo restoration in southern Turkey. Rising above the plains of ancient Pamphylia, Sillyon was never an easy target. Its steep and naturally protected terrain already posed a serious challenge to any advancing army. Yet what truly…