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Rome101.com is some miscellaneous
interests of William Storage involving ancient Rome.
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Getty
Augustus/Caligula - The fabulous Getty Villa in
Malibu allowed me to laser-scan the Getty Augustus and
their marble head of Caligula to do craniofacial
anthropometry analysis that disproved a long-held
hypothesis of its origin. |
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Christ the Magician
- A survey of 400 scenes from ancient Christian
sarcophagi looking at how 3rd century Roman Christians
pictured the deeds of Jesus, and the frequency of images
in apparent reference to apocryphal/heretical ancient
texts. |
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Arch of Constantine
- My attempt at a fairly comprehensive look - with lots
of photos - at this ancient monument, including its
political, religious, artistic and architectural
aspects, with emphasis on the reuse of spolia from
earlier imperial artwork. |
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Santa Sabina
Church Door Panels
- Observations and analysis of the 18 extant
carvings from the massive 5th century door of S. Sabina,
which may include the oldest known Christian crucifixion
scene. |
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Faustina's
Nose Job - Using statistics, measurements from
existing portraits of Faustina the Elder and mean human
facial proportions to aid in the restoration of damaged
ancient statuary. |
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Cancelleria Reliefs - Photos
and discussion of the origin and propaganda of the giant
set of marble panels found buried under the Palazzo
della Cancelleria in the late 1930s. |
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Santa
Costanza Church/Mausoleum
- Photos and discussion of
the church/mausoleum of Santa Costanza in Rome with its
two mosaics of Jesus, one blond and Hellenistic, one
dark and oriental. |
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Miscellaneous photo sets The Pantheon |
| San Lorenzo fuori le mura |
| Sant'Agnese Basilica |
| Arch of the Argentarii |
| Hadrian's Villa |
| Pompeii |
| Oplontis |
| Herculaneum |
| Stabiae |
| The Bianchini Meridiana |