The terracotta Sarcophagus of the Spouses is displayed in Rome's Nationwide Etruscan Museum, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. (AP Picture/Domenico Stinellis)
ROME --
A pair of terracotta lovers caught in a young embrace for two,500 years are getting some Valentine's Day TLC from Italian cultural officers.
One of the well-known lovers' statues within the artwork world, the reclining spouses normal out of terracotta are being supplied high-tech safety from the specter of earthquakes and lesser tremors from passing site visitors exterior, officers mentioned Monday as they unveiled the 18-month challenge.
The Sarcophagus of the Spouses, made by an unknown artisan, is definitely an urn constructed to carry the stays of the deceased. It's a high attraction on the Nationwide Etruscan Museum at Villa Giulia.
“The Sarcophagus is threatened every day by the vibrations produced by the tramway and the railroad Rome-Viterbo” mentioned Valentino Nizzo, the museum's director.
The 18-month challenge contains the development of an anti-seismic platform for the sarcophagus that can assist scale back vibration that threaten it.
The Sarcophagus, relationship to the sixth century B.C., was found in 1881 in a necropolis in Cerveteri, a former Etruscan settlement close to Rome. It was reconstructed from roughly 400 terracotta fragments.
A journalist snaps a photograph of the terracotta Sarcophagus of the Spouses inside Rome's Nationwide Etruscan Museum, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. (AP Picture/Domenico Stinellis)
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