학술논문

The Founder's Tomb.
Document Type
Article
Author
Source
Archaeology. Mar/Apr2020, Vol. 73 Issue 2, p38-41. 4p. 8 Color Photographs, 1 Map.
Subject
*TOMBS
*FRESCO painting
*PAINTING
*GODS
*ANIMALS
Language
ISSN
0003-8113
Abstract
The article reports that tomb recently unearthed in the Jordanian village of Bayt Ras in Jordan, which occupies the former site of Capitolias, is providing researchers with a rare snapshot of its earliest days. It mentions tomb contains frescoes that appear to portray the ancient city's founding and construction. It also mentions painting features a bewildering variety of more than 200 people, deities, and animals and depiction of the Greco-Roman gods.