The workmen of that era, upon finding a mansion or other building, would extract any objects of obvious value, such as marble statues, bronze lamps, and decorative mosaics, without taking note of their location or of the architectural context
Alcubierre operated with barbaric efficiency, especially when it came to wall paintings that his workers hacked off from their brick underpinnings. When a painting was deemed insufficiently different from those already unearthed, workmen pulverized it underground. These excavations were focussed on finding masterpieces to augment royal or aristocratic collections, rather than on discovering the mundane objects of everyday life—or material evidence of the complexities of Roman social structures.
In late 2010, a stone building known as the House of the Gladiators imploded after heavy rains, severely damaging valuable frescoes inside. That disaster was followed by the collapse elsewhere in the city of several other walls.
Like I said, .world users can’t read. It was right there in front of you, and you preferred to throw around ableist insults instead of using your eyes.
Oh, you’re a lemmy.world user. That explains why you didn’t read the article. You guys hate reading
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Like I said, .world users can’t read. It was right there in front of you, and you preferred to throw around ableist insults instead of using your eyes.