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MANN, restoration of the great mosaic of Alexander of Pompeii

2021-01-07T13:55:55.120Z


The restoration of one of the most famous masterpieces of antiquity begins: the Mosaic of the Battle of Issus, between Alexander the Great and Darius of Persia (333 BC (ANSA)


(By Francesca De Lucia) (ANSA) - NAPLES, 07 JAN - The restoration of one of the most famous masterpieces of antiquity begins: the Mosaic of the Battle of Issus, between Alexander the Great and Darius of Persia (333a.C) from Pompeii, a universally known symbol, deites kept by the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

The construction site will start at the end of the month, the works which will be completed in July are carried out under the supervision of the Central Institute for Restoration (ICR);

the diagnostic activities are promoted online with the University of Molise (UNIMOL) and the Center for Research on Archaeometry and Conservation Science (CRACS). "With the start, in 2021, of the restoration of the Alexander Mosaic, we are writing together an important page in the history of National Archaeological Museum of Naples and therefore of the preservation of cultural heritage - says the director of the museumMann Paolo Giulierini - It will be a grandiose restoration, which will happen before the eyes of the world ".


   Millions of tesserae and an exceptionally large surface (5.82X 3.13 m), coming from the exedra of the house of the Faun, the mosaic discovered in 1831, is dated between the end of II / beginning of Isec.

B.C.


   The 'great mosaic' who enchanted Alexandre Dumas among the ruins, arrived in Naples in November 1844, when he was placed in the box and taken from Pompeii to the Royal Bourbon Museum, on a carrotrainato by sixteen oxen.

Estimated weight about 7 tons.

In January 1845 the crates were opened and the work was first placed on the floor;

since 1916 it is where it is currently located, on the wall, in the mosaic rooms.


   The restoration activity will be very complex but also a fascinating journey between diagnostic analysis and technology.

Between January and February a 'visible' construction site will be set up, aimed at making the mosaic surface safe.


   (HANDLE).


Source: ansa

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