The artifact emerged from the ruins of an ancient Roman building-turned-workshop in Sicily from the second or first century BCE.
Archaeologists in Licata, Sicily were recently exploring the remains of the ancient Greek colony Finziade when they came ...
Archaeologists Uncover Roman Mask Mold Depicting Medusa, Say It Was Used as a Protective Charm The archaeological site of ...
The mask mold, found in a building believed to have been used as a mask workshop, depicts Medusa with a stern face surrounded ...
eventually accepting his fate and choosing to turn to stone. However, he inscribed a warning onto his stone arm before being fully petrified, drawing the Medusa Device. At that moment, François ...
The mold shows a stern-faced female with tresses of curly hair. Greek myth Medusa has a "fierce and grotesque or feminine and composed" face with "hair made of snakes," according to The Met’s ...