Archaeologists discover unusual network of burial chambers in Rome This is the first I’ve heard about this…By John ThavisCatholic News ServiceROME (CNS) — Archaeologists repairing a Roman catacomb have discovered a Continue Reading →
A Portrait of Vergil Sorry for the lack of posts around here lately. In the meantime, here’s an image of Vergil from the manuscript Vat. lat. 3867 (folio 14, recto). Continue Reading →
Late Antique Opus Sectile Not much survives from the decoration of the so-called Basilica of Junius Bassus on the Esquiline, but there are four panels located in two different Continue Reading →