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Archaeologists gathered thousands of fragments of ancient Roman fresh that was not seen about 1,800 years ago. Experts have managed to unite the pieces to form the one that can be the most difficult puzzle in the world.
According to the London Archeology Museum (spring), it took three months of work to rebuild the fresh found on the London archaeological site The Liberty of Southwark. With the Pieces of the Painting in Reugurbed Plasterthe work recovered its original configuration.
“This was a unique moment in life, I felt a mixture of excitement and nervousness by starting to apply the plaster. Many of the fragments were very delicate, and pieces of different walls had mixed when the building was demolished. It was like assembling the most difficult puzzle in the world“Han Li, a specialist in spring building materials, said.
Freshly decorated about twenty internal walls of a building built between 43 and 150 AD, and most of them were found abandoned inside a large well, shattered in thousands of fragments.
RECONSTRUCTION RESULTS
As the recovery work advanced, drawings began to emerge in Yellow panels, bird images, fruits and liras – Harps -like stringed instruments.
“A fragment shows what seems to be a cryingwith tears dripping on the face. The hairstyle resembles those of the time of the Flavian dynasty (69–96 AD), ”explained Han Li.
“Another shows what seems to be a guide line drawn by the painter to a flower with petals inside a circle; it seems that the brand was engraved in the plaster with the help of a measure. The artists probably changed their ideas and decided not to paint,” describes the expert.
Ostentation of riches
According to the spring, the fresh ones were inspired by mural decorations from other regions of the Roman world, such as colony – in present -day Germany – and Lyon in France. The paintings had the function of Obsentate wealth and demonstrate good taste of the inhabitants of the building.
Despite following certain decorative standards, the panels painted yellow were classified as rare by the British archaeologists. Researchers also identified plaster fragments with Greek alphabet letters recorded with old graffiti.
Some pieces still keep clues about the artists. In one of them comes the word Latin “fecit”, which means “did this.” However, the fragment is party just at the point where the author’s name would probably be of painting.
