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News for Arab Countries
Special service by AGI on behalf
of the Italian Prime Minister's office |
'BATTLE OF ALEXANDER' MOSAIC BACK IN POMPEII
EXCAVATIONS (AGI) - Naples, Italy, Aug 31 - One of the
most famous mosaics found in the Pompeii excavations, the one
depicting the 'Battle of Alexander', is back, though as a
copy, in its place of origin, the 'Casa del Fauno' of the
ancient Roman city. The copy is faithful in its form,
materials, size and colours to the original, and was made by
the Ravenna International Mosaic Study Centre, who used 3
million mosaic pieces and thousands of support panels. The
'clone' will soon return to furnish the pavement of the
building. Superintendent Piero Giovanni Guzzo explained: "The
placing of the mosaic's copy will be part of a larger
programme to appreciate areas around the Vesuvius, especially
Pompeii. We intend to make visitors see the original look of
the furnishing of the ancient buildings, also inviting them to
visit the original decorations at the Naples Museum. [...] The
'Battle of Alexander' can be considered the most famous museum
from ancient times. The original was a painting attributed to
Philoxenos of Eretria for King Cassandrus at the end of the IV
century BC. The mosaic was made in Pompeii following the 'opus
vermiculatum' technique, and depicts a decisive moment in the
Persian campaign which saw Alexander the Great against King
Darius III. The original is in the National Archaeological
Museum of Naples". (AGI) .
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