Statue reveals Roman lady with her make-up still on [ Herculaneum ]

The Times ^ | March 25, 2006 | Richard Owen in Herculaneum

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The nose and mouth were missing, but the hair, pupils and eyelashes were "as pristine as they were when Herculaneum was overwhelmed by the eruption", Monica Martelli Castaldi, the restorer of the team, said.

"Those eyes are alive, looking at us from 2,000 years ago," she said. "To find this much pigment is very, very special." Although it had been known that Roman statues were painted, only faint traces of pigment had been found before now. It had also been assumed that classical statues were painted brightly. In fact, the colouring on the head is a delicate shade of orange-red, which, although faded, indicates that classical colouring was subtle and sophisticated, Jane Thompson, the project manager, said.

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[djf]

No doubt, the time of the Romans, as marred as it was by corruption and excess and treason, was one of the most accomplished periods in the history of man.

[lizma]

Makeup lasts 2000 years?!? No wonder it's so hard to take off.

So much of what we see of the past is so stark and plain but in reality it really wasn't.

Hasn't anyone in Europe spent time recreating the past like they do at Williamsburg? That would be a hoot.

I've seen Japan's version. It's a string of gift shops. Kinda sad.

[Polybius]

No doubt, the time of the Romans, as marred as it was by corruption and excess and treason, was one of the most accomplished periods in the history of man.

Don't let the fact that such was the case throughout much of the Roman Empire make us forget that the early and mid Roman Republic produced the type of men that the Founding Fathers patterned themselves after.

"Public men among the Greeks, if they be trusted with but one talent, though you take ten copies of the deed and affix two seals and have twenty witnesses, cannot keep their trust, whereas among the Romans, though handling great sums in their offices and embassies, men hold to their duty under the simple bond of an oath. Elsewhere it is hard to find a man keeping his hands off public money, and pure in this respect ; at Rome it is hard to find a man guilty of such conduct." ................Polybius (Greek historian. 200-118 B.C.)

[Dustbunny]

Neat! Wish they had a picture.

[pissant]

Tammy Faye Baker?

[Conservative Texan Mom]

Bird poo was used as a blemish concealer during the Roman era.

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