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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Recent discoveries in Pouzzoli, Kingdom of Naples, include a temple dedicated to Emperor Septimius Severus with valuable marble features and four exquisite statues representing Janus, Serapis, and a man and woman in peril.
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In the first Place, the Workmen have found a Temple, dedicated to the Emperor Septimius Severus, the Pavement whereof, the Pillars, and other Decorations are of very valuable Marble, and some Part of it actually transparent.
In the next Place, they have discovered four Statues of most exquisite Workmanship; one representing a Janus, another Serapis, an Egyptian Divinity, and two others, a Man and a Woman; the latter is represented as in the most imminent Danger of losing her Life, and clasping her Arms about the Man's Neck, in Hopes to preserve herself from the impending Destruction; the principal Beauties of these last consist in their Attitudes, and the lively Expression of the Passions.
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Pouzzoli, Kingdom Of Naples
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Workmen discovered a temple dedicated to Emperor Septimius Severus with pavement, pillars, and decorations of valuable marble, some transparent. Also found four statues: one of Janus, one of Serapis (Egyptian divinity), and two others depicting a man and a woman, the latter in danger and clasping the man's neck, noted for attitudes and expression of passions.