Archaeologists Uncover 2,000-Year-Old Mask Mould Believed to Depict Medusa
The artifact emerged from the ruins of an ancient Roman building-turned-workshop in Sicily from the second or first century BCE.
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Archaeologists In Sicily Just Unearthed A Plaster Mold Used To Make Medusa Masks 2,000 Years Ago
Archaeologists in Licata, Sicily were recently exploring the remains of the ancient Greek colony Finziade when they came ...
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An Ancient Mold Used To Create Medusa Masks Was Found On The Island Of Sicily, And It's From The 1st Century B.C.E.
While exploring the ruins of Finziade, the last Greek colony on the island of Sicily, archaeologists discovered a mold that [ ...
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Perseus with the Head of Medusa
25.5 x 17.5 in. (64.8 x 44.4 cm.) ...
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Perseus Confronting Phineus with the Head of Medusa
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Artifacts Depicting Ancient Greek Deities Discovered in Finziade, Sicily
In Greek mythology, Medusa was beheaded by the hero Perseus, who then used her head—still capable of turning onlookers to stone—as a weapon until he returned it to the goddess Athena, who placed it on ...
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If music is the soul of an album then the art on the cover must be its body. The choice of artwork for an album cover is an important one because at a glance it conveys the style and atmosphere of the ...
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Why Artists Have Been Charmed by Snakes for Centuries
Medusa became a monster, whose hair is turned to snakes, and anyone who looked at would turn into stone. Eventually she was decapitated by demigod Perseus, and this is captured by Caravaggio’s ...