Opus sectile floor, Baiae, ItalyParco Archeologico Campi Flegrei
Posted on 07/30/2024 10:07:37 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Artnet News reports that a section of opus sectile flooring has been discovered at Baiae, a luxurious Roman town now underwater in the Gulf of Naples, by a team of divers from C.S.R. Restoration of Cultural Heritage, Underwater Archaeology and Technology. Opus sectile flooring is made up of large, polychrome stones cut into precise shapes and was popular among elites during the first century A.D. Such large stones made it more expensive than mosaic flooring, which was made with small tesserae. This floor, made with recycled materials, was installed in a villa's porch reception area overlooking the sea. Baiae eventually sank into the Gulf of Naples between the third and fifth centuries A.D. To read more about the archaeology of Baiae, go to "Slideshow: Italy's Underwater Sculpture Garden."
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Opus sectile floor, Baiae, ItalyParco Archeologico Campi Flegrei
I won't use anything from Artnet News in the future because of their breathless enthusiasm for the Olympics opening ceremony and the candidacy of the cipher and demagogue Kamala Harris. Thanks also for the link to the Breitbart article about this, more pics there, but I didn't use that one either.
It must be Italy: the floor is sleeping with the fishes.
The fish look real......................
lol
Baiae was the Las Vegas/Sin City of the Roman world.
One of ‘em anyway. :^)
“”This floor, made with recycled materials,””
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made with recycled materials,
Really?
First century A.D. Romans are getting their prog on?
mmm, don’t think so but the prog at Artnet News would like you to think it was normal back then.
Artnet News wants you to believe all their other crap as well.
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So does that mean that the ocean has been rising for a thousand years?
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