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Some religious idols in what was an area of worship. Apparently, all religions were tolerated in Pompeii. #pompeii #history #historynerd #italy🇮🇹 (at Ancient City Of Pompeii)
Basically, this was probably the equivalent of your local Wetherspoons, dunno if the had as many punch ups! #pompeii #history #historynerd #italy🇮🇹 (at Ancient City Of Pompeii)
The Pompeii equivalent of the posh ends, Hampstead Heath maybe? #pompeii #history #gardens #historynerd #italy🇮🇹 (at Scavi Archeologici Di Pompei)
How the other half lived in Pompeii, a dining room with water feature at the rear for keeping things cool! #pompeii #history #historynerd #italy🇮🇹 (at Scavi Archeologici Di Pompei)
The amphitheatre of Pompeii, where blood was shed in the name of entertainment.. #pompeii #history #historynerd #italy🇮🇹 (at Amphitheatre Pompei)
Loved this statue, looks like he's standing guard over the city.. #pompeii #history #historynerd #art #italy🇮🇹 (at Pompeii Ruins and Mt. Vesuvius)
Forgot to add a few of the other pics from #pompeii this was a recovered crypt. #pompeii #history #historynerd #italy🇮🇹 (at Scavi Archeologici Di Pompei)
‘The Homeric Hymn To Demeter’ - Helene P. Foley
Pompeii archaeologists uncover 'sorcerer's treasure trove'
Archaeologists working in the buried Roman city of Pompeii say they have uncovered a “sorcerer’s treasure trove” of artefacts, including good-luck charms, mirrors and glass beads.
Most of the items would have belonged to women, said Massimo Osanna, director of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii.
A room with the bodies of 10 victims, including women and children, was excavated in the same house.
Pompeii was engulfed by a volcanic eruption from Mt Vesuvius in AD 79.
The fatal eruption froze the city and its residents in time, making it a rich source for archaeologists.
The trove was found in what remained of a wooden box. The wood itself had decomposed and only the bronze hinges remained, preserved by the volcanic material which hardened over it. Read more.
I too also repeatedly say “oh no”’in Latin when I am freaking the fuck out about a volcano exploding and killing my entire family.
Bastille was right. How am I gonna be an optimist about this. Also right about eh eho eho.
that is the paradox of archeology; you read the past best in its moment of trauma
pompeii exhibit; museum of science and industry
Thinking about him (the soldier in Poynter’s Faithful Until Death painting watching an apocalypse unfold around him with horror in his eyes as he tries to keep himself standing beneath a doorway, based on an actual 19th century archeological find of a man in full soldier’s garb under a doorway at Pompeii)
Such an amazing place to visit.
Fresco with two men buying bread, found in the house of a baker, Pompeii.
Invisible Solar
Invisible Solar is a new PV technology that take on the appearance of any building material. Each Invisible Solar module is more than a photovoltaic panel, it also is an active architectural element with various functionality.
Disguising solar panels as ancient Roman tiles in Pompeii
“They look exactly like the terracotta tiles used by the Romans, but they produce the electricity that we need to light the frescoes,” says Gabriel Zuchtriegel, Director of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. This solution is part of a more comprehensive strategy to turn costs into savings opportunities and to embrace sustainable development.
Technically called “traditional PV tiles”, the invisible solar panels used in Pompeii come from Camisano Vicentino, a little Italian town with slightly more than 10 000 inhabitants, halfway between Padua and Vicenza. They were created and patented by the family business Dyaqua.
How They Work
Operating of Invisible Solar modules is based on the low molecular density. Each module is composed of a non-toxic and recyclable polymeric compound we properly developed to encourage the photon absorption.
Inside the module there are incorporated standard monocrystalline silicon cells. The surface, that is opaque at the sight but translucent to sun rays, allows the light to enter and feed the cells.
Oh my goodness.
Solar voltaic’s designed for historic contexts that offers architectural and aesthetic integration?
AND they are already installed in Pompeii and not marketing vapourware?
AND they are made by a small Italian family business?
Be still my beating solarpunk heart 🥰 ☀️
via @stml in a forum.
Wednesday April 19.
today, nearly 2,000 years ago, someone in pompeii baked bread.
Ahh, picture it. The time, around 2,000 years ago—the place, Pompeii. Simpler, happier times in some ways; and for the ruthless power games, insatiable sexual appetites, wild ambition, and creative genius, less so in others. However, following yesterday's foray into pastries, and all things fluffy, warm, and flakey, it dawned on us that this day around 2,000 years ago a happy chappy somewhere in the city's magnificent walls got to work and made some bread. CIL vol. IV 8972: XIII K. Maias panem feci—which translates as: On April 19th I made bread. And we love that for you, even millennia later! So, one day after our sweet celebration, it's time to pay homage to pastries' savory counterparts by marking April 19 with #bread. And a happy 2,000th anniversary to whichever miscellaneous Pompeian who decided not simply to make bread, but to mark the occasion with graffiti. But how do we know this? Well, it is thanks to the enquiring minds as evident in this post from @todayiwrotenothing, and indeed this commemoration on Reddit. Every day is a school day over here on The Internet.
Today it comes in countless forms, shapes, and sizes: wholewheat, rye, sourdough, multigrain bread, baguette, ciabatta, pumpernickel, soda, focaccia, cornbread, bagel, flatbread, naan, brioche, challah, and, last but by no means least, the ever-trusty white bread. As you will shortly see in the following string of bready content, this is simple yet limitless food: it can be braided, made by illustrated cats, or indeed constructed in the shape of the dashboard's beloved, hapless vessel, the good ship Ever Given.
So here's to you, as-yet-unnamed Pompeian who not only makes the bread, but brags about it too. We think you would have enjoyed this one-day tribute to your escapades here with #bread. We shall submit a formal application to rename it Tumbread, in your honor. But that's still not all: rumor has it there is sister graffiti that reads "Olivia condita XVII Kalendas Novembres"—so come back on November 16th for preserved olives.
Thinking about him (the soldier in Poynter’s Faithful Until Death painting watching an apocalypse unfold around him with horror in his eyes as he tries to keep himself standing beneath a doorway, based on an actual 19th century archeological find of a man in full soldier’s garb under a doorway at Pompeii)
Volcanic land (foto mie)