Pompeii Ceiling Fresco Restored - Archaeology Magazine

Italy's shattered Pompeii frescoes could get a second life with soft-handed AI robots

Artificial intelligence and a two-armed robotic system with soft grippers may soon help revive some of Pompeii's broken wall paintings, giving artworks buried since the eruption of Mount Vesuvius a chance to be reconstructed. For archaeologists, the promise lies in offloading some of the slow, delicate work of finding matching fresco pieces and joining them without causing additional damage. What's happening? Under the EU-funded RePAIR project, …

Pompeii Ceiling Fresco Restored - Archaeology Magazine

Section of ceiling fresco NAPLES, ITALY—La Brújula Verde reports that restoration work has been completed on a ceiling fresco that once adorned a banquet hall in the Casa con Pacificio, or House with Bakery, in Pompeii’s Regio IX. Decorative fragments of the ceiling, which depict the union of the god Dionysus and Ariadne, were first examined and reunited in the lab. When conservators were able to determine the original position of the fragments,…

If The Bodies Of Pompeii Are Casts, Why Do Some Have Teeth? The City Is So Well Preserved, Even "The Archaeology Has Its Own Archaeology"

Giuseppe Fiorelli's novel technique for capturing the corpse casts preserved more than just the shape of the cavity.