Incredibly rare Roman mosaic depicting a mythical chariot race for a Greek princess

Daily Mail ^ | 1 September 2019 | Harry Howard

[a fool in paradise]

Daily mail should send a photojournalist to the farm with a camera and a shovel and take a photo for posterity.

[DUMBGRUNT]

“Master of Horses.” Sounds like a useful lady.

She makes the Indy 500 look like a Roman chariot race now
(You look like an ace now you look like an ace)
A lotta guys try to catch her
But she leads them on a wild goose chase now
(You drive like an ace now you drive like an ace)

[Larry Lucido]

Looks more Italian. Hope the princess appreciates it.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

BAFFLING! One of only 3 of its kind known to exist and NO PLANS to move it to a museum.

Stunningly asinine.

Expect it to be fully stolen inside of year.

[Rio]

“”The mosaic will now be covered over once more to protect it and to allow farming to continue. “”

They mean to bury it again!

[Rio]

Princess Hippodamia???

But he had a GREAT personality.

[colorado tanker]

That picture is not what they uncovered. If you go to the story, they definitely found a mosaic floor, much larger than the pictured bas-relief.

[Tax-chick]

Oh, well played!

[SoCal Pubbie]

Article? Who reads the articles?

I see what you’re saying.Thanks for the correction! What was the other pic? Another part of the find, or just another example of art illustrating the mythology?

[bitt]

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[mairdie]

another example of art illustrating the mythology

[mairdie]

For those who didn’t know the character mentioned by the poster the post was addressed to, it pointed to a Wikipedia article describing that character.

[rxsid]

"That's crazy. Pay the farmers NOT to use the field. No telling how much was destroyed in the rebury and dig up processes. "

Agreed.

Something this old, and this historical should not be reburied.

Why intentionally induce more damage and accelerated wear? Is there no one or no private/gov't body who could pay for some sort of preservation?

[Red Badger]

Never date a girl named Princess Hippodamia.......................

[central_va]

The mosaic will now be covered over once more to protect it and to allow farming to continue.

How stupid. A small piece of land covered so < 10 dollars of gain can be grown. We defer to farmers WAY to much...

[colorado tanker]

So far as I can figure, the other pic is just an illustration of the same mythological race. Nothing to do with the British find.

[GOPJ]

Doesn’t look like a mosaic to me. Looks like a bas-relief frieze.

That was my take too...

[SoCal Pubbie]

If you read other responses to me it turns out that photo was not from the find. Clearly a mosaic when you see actual pictures. .