Sicilian Discovery Meta Tsudsham Mask Matrix -History Blog

FINZIADE (today’s Licata) archeological area was found in the southwest of Sicily. The negative impression of snake hair banshee Michamma’s face and snake hair is to make the substrate to make masks or decorative reliefs.

This matrix is ​​one of the few matrices found during the house in the late Republic of China. In the final stage of its occupation, it was transformed into a manufacturing plant in the early first century BC. Different substrate discovered at the scene shows that this is a handmade mask production facility.

The discovery of this mask mold allows us to understand the symbols and culture of the region during the Roman period. The production of masks may be related to drama, ritual or decorative background, emphasizing the cross between daily life and spiritual beliefs in ancient times.

Fenziad was established by Agri Tyun Tyrant Fenzi in 282 BC and was the last colony established by the Greeks in Sicily. He directly imitated the design of classical Greek cities, and then implanted the ready -made population when destroying Gera City and forcibly migrating his residents to his new city. Twenty years after its establishment, Finziad was conquered by Agriggamuum, a powerful neighbor of Roman and the powerful neighbor of Gaotai in the first Poan War. It established a powerful league with Rome, which provided it with good help when the Purgurm war was in Sicily. Today, Findziade’s ruins are very well preserved, making it a late Greek and early Roman Sicily in the early days of Rome. One of the best cities in the island.