Ancient Rome meets modern technology as tourists visit restored, frescoed home via livestream tours
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Key Points:
- The House of the Griffins, one of the best-preserved ancient Roman homes on the Palatine Hill, is opening to the public for the first time through livestreamed virtual tours of its underground frescoes and mosaics.
- Discovered in early 20th-century excavations, the Republican-era home was buried underground after Emperor Domitian built his palace above it in the first century A.D.
- The virtual tours, starting March 3, allow visitors to experience the domus without physically entering its fragile, hard-to-access rooms, protecting the delicate frescoes from damage caused by humidity and carbon dioxide.
- The richly decorated home features frescoes with faux marble designs and mosaics, including the arched lunette fresco of
