Are there really no statues with surviving full paint remnants?

bsder 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

There aren't even that many of the original statues remaining. A lot of what survived are copies of the originals.

So, we are extrapolating from a very, very, very spotty data set.

adgjlsfhk1 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

No. 2000 years is a long time.

But you'd think at least some would be unearthed in Pompeii.

	▲	BurningFrog 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Most of Pompeii remains unexcavated, so there is still hope. Latest excavation: https://www.pbs.org/video/episode-1-eyvf5d/ (Also on Apple TV)