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Showing posts with label mask. Show all posts
Monday, December 28, 2020

Melon hairstyles and mummy masks of the Roman Period

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 Plaster Romano-Egyptian mummy masks of the 1st - 2nd century CE appear to be individualized, much like the famous mummy portraits of the Fa...
Saturday, November 21, 2020

Roman cavalry masks

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 According to Arrian of Nicomedia, a Roman provincial governor and a close friend of Hadrian, face mask helmets were used in cavalry parades...
Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Steely Gaze Part of Cavalry Attire Since 6th century BCE

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1st century CE Bronze Roman Cavalry Mask.  Image by Ancient Art via Flickr An auction in Britain has made a millionaire of the metal detect...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Fabula Atellana Masks from Pompeii Rediscovered

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This mask of Atellan character, Buccus [left], seems to have a more human expression, despite the prescribed comic grimace, than the more s...
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