New book explores images of Egypt in Roman domestic spaces

6/12/2019 By | Kathy Hovis

Photo right: Garden triclinium (outdoor dining benches) at the Casa dell’Efebo, a wealthy house in Pompeii. Paintings of Egyptian landscapes decorate the sides of the benches where people once reclined to dine, and an artificial canal once flowed between the benches. (Photo by Caitlín Barrett)

More news

CIAMS Members Receive Awards at the Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting

Danielle Vander Horst, M.A. '19, with a collection of face pots during a 2018 research trip at the Colchester and Essex Museum, Colchester, United Kingdom

History of art staff member publishes research on face pots

Photo of two students with a freshly uncovered statue of Hercules — Alexander Cooper-Bohler (Cornell University, '25) and Rutger Loof (M.A. Student, University of Amsterdam), with the freshly unearthed Hercules statue

Cornell Undergraduate Unearths Miniature Hercules Statue in Montaione, Italy

Image of hull of ancient ship — The Kyrenia was the first major Greek Hellenistic-period ship to be found with a largely intact hull. It was excavated and reassembled for scientific study. Kyrenia Ship Excavations/Provided

Manning honored for contributions to archaeology

View all news

Garden triclinium (outdoor dining benches) at the Casa dell’Efebo, a wealthy house in Pompeii. Paintings of Egyptian landscapes decorate the sides of the benches where people once reclined to dine, and an artificial canal once flowed between the benches.