Pompeii ash analysis reveals Romans burned wine and imported frankincense in household rituals

Ash left inside small incense burners from Pompeii is giving archaeologists a clearer view of what people burned in their homes during religious rituals. The material comes from two censers found in domestic spaces, one in Pompeii and another in a nearby villa...

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/04/pompeii-ash-analysis-reveals-romans-burned-wine/

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New article in the International Journal for Digital Art History:

The article suggests that Roman perspective was neither a primitive precursor of Renaissance linear perspective nor a purely intuitive system. Instead, it may have been a highly pragmatic geometric practice operating between architecture, optics, painting, and embodied space.

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https://ahnp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/dah/issue/view/7578