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Archaeological Museum of Paestum

Lucanian Tomb Fresco (350-320 BC)
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Lucanian Tomb Fresco (350-320 BC)

Walls of a tomb chamber from the Lucanian period (specifically about 330-320 BC). Part of over 200 tombs with rare frescoes that were found in the late 1960s in Paestum. This panel is from Tomb 86 in area Andriuolo and depicts a winged woman (Hera?) driving a chariot.

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