Tomb of the Diver
Tumba del nadador
- Date
- c. 1968 · confidence low
- Place
- Paestum, Campania, Italy
- Credited to
- Mario Napoli
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
Painted-slab Greek tomb found near Paestum, famous for the fresco of a diving man on its ceiling, a find attributed to archaeologist Mario Napoli.
What it led to
- The only known example of figurative Greek tomb painting from Magna Graecia
- Historiographical debate over its Greek or Italic authorship
- Centrepiece of the Paestum National Archaeological Museum