Rare Bronze Bust Of Roman Emperor Caligula Rediscovered After It Went Missing 200 Years Ago
The bronze bust of Caligula was cast 2,000 years ago and gifted to the British writer Horace Walpole in 1767, but it seemingly vanished after it was purchased by a collector in the mid-19th century. Strawberry Hill HouseThe bust was purportedly convalesce from Herculaneum — a town destroyed alongside Pompeii in 79 C.E. — in the 18th one C . British writer Horace Walpole famously coin the Holy Scripture “ serendipity , ” which is “ an aptitude for making suitable discoveries by fortuity ....