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Thanks. They don't mention how tiny the tesserae of this mosaic are - maybe 1 cm square - when a lot of other tesserae are about 1inch square. Must have made the mosaic extremely expensive.

Alexias wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2025 2:12 pm Thanks. They don't mention how tiny the tesserae of this mosaic are - maybe 1 cm square - when a lot of other tesserae are about 1inch square. Must have made the mosaic extremely expensive.

I went to Naples last Easter, with the specific intention of having a good old look at the mosaic ... only to find that it was still undergoing restoration. Grrr! I believe it is back in place in the museum, now. Otherwise I would have been able to give some sort of answer about the size of the tesserae!

Not directly related, but an update on some of the current excavations at Pompeii https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c15zgvnvk4do

Alexias wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2025 9:59 am Not directly related, but an update on some of the current excavations at Pompeii https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c15zgvnvk4do

I heard some of this on the radio this week - an amazing find.

The photos in the article you posted are astonishing!