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  1. #QuizOfTheDay: #Pompeii was a thriving ancient Roman city near modern Naples that was frozen in time when it was buried under meters of volcanic ash and pumice following the catastrophic volcanic eruption in 79 AD.

    Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of which volcano?

    A. Mount Etna
    B. Mount Vesuvius
    C. Stromboli
    D. Mount Olympus

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  2. In 79 AD, the #ancient #city of #Herculaneum was #overwhelmed and #buried by multiple #pyroclasticflows resulting from a devastating #eruption of Mount #Vesuvius. The city's everyday environment was abruptly #encased in #solidrock, allowing #organicmaterials to be #preserved better than in #Pompeii. These include the #Herculaneumpapyri (see ref).
    ©#StefanFWirth

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    ref
    S. Ceccarelli et al. (2025)
    doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-199

    #illustrations
    ©S.F.Wirth,AI-assisted art

  3. Researchers say they're making a lot of progress in their quest to read ancient #scrolls that were turned into blackened lumps of papyrus when Mount Vesuvius covered #Pompeii and #Herculaneum in volcanic ash nearly 2,000 years ago. Now anyone can join the quest - and take a shot at winning a $1 million grand prize. cosmiclog.com/2026/06/25/ai-qu #VesuviusChallenge #Science #Archaeology #Rome

  4. Reuters: Complete text of carbonised Herculaneum scroll unlocked for first time. “Researchers using artificial intelligence and advanced imaging said on Thursday they had achieved the first complete reading of ​a closed Herculaneum scroll burnt by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago. The breakthrough marks a ‌major step toward deciphering hundreds of ancient manuscripts […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/25/reuters-complete-text-of-carbonised-herculaneum-scroll-unlocked-for-first-time/
  5. A #thermopolium/#caupona, was an #ancientRoman #fastfood shop; well-preserved e.g. in #Pompeii/#Herculaneum. Simple meals were sold at a #counter with inset #vessels kept warm by a fire. Food was typically consumed while standing, though seating areas as in a #tavern could exist. A. Pecci et al. (2023) #analyzed #organicresidues from thermopolium V 4, 6–8 in Pompeii using gas chromat.-#massspectrometry.
    © #StefanFWirth

    Reference
    doi.org/10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.

    #Illustrations
    © S.F. Wirth, AI-assisted

  6. Pompeii Project Unearths a Digital Face from Ash

    AI helps Pompeii archaeologists create a digital face of a man who died in the AD 79 Vesuvius eruption. See how technology reveals history.

    #Pompeii #AI #Archaeology #Vesuvius #AncientHistory

    newsletter.tf/ai-recreates-pom

  7. For the first time, AI has been used to digitally recreate the face of a victim from the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. This new image shows what a man looked like who died when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79.

    #Pompeii #AI #Archaeology #Vesuvius #AncientHistory
    newsletter.tf/ai-recreates-pom

  8. AI-assisted reconstruction reveals appearance of Pompeii eruption victim

    📰 Original title: Pompeii archaeologists use AI to reconstruct face of man who died during volcano eruption

    🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
    👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

    View full AI summary: killbait.com/en/ai-assisted-re

    #archeology #pompeii #aireconstruction #vesuvius

  9. Naples holds ancient secrets most tourists skip entirely 🏛🍕 Pompeii is just the beginning here 🇮🇹

    Read more: flip.it/36-q_0

    #travel #europe #eurotrip #italy #pompeii #vesuvius #wanderlust

  10. RE: social.uibk.ac.at/@uniinnsbruc

    The #ancient #Roman #city of #Pompeii at the Gulf of #Naples offers remarkably #wellpreserved #insights into #dailylife before it was buried by Mount #Vesuvius in 79 AD. G. Sürmelihindi et al. (2026) investigated the #carbonate #incrustations in the #baths, the #aqueduct, and in #wells, with the latter being replaced by the penultimate as #technical #improvement. The periodicity of #δ13C variations from wells and republican #pools indicated poor #hygienicconditions.
    ©this text #StefanFWirth 2026

  11. Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹

    "Meanwhile the rich-tressed Kharites (Graces) and cheerful Horai (Seasons) dance with Harmonia (Harmony) and Hebe (Youth) and Aphrodite, daughter of Zeus, holding each other by the wrist."
    Homeric Hymn 3 to Pythian Apollo 186

    🏛 #Venus statuette from #Pompeii, Naples National Archaeological Museum

    #DayOfAphrodite #GreekRomanArt #Aphrodite #antiquidons #history

  12. Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹

    "[The Sabines] made for the gates which [Romulus] had barred, but Saturnia [Hera] herself unlocked, keeping the hinges silent. Only Venus perceived the gate's great bars had dropped and would have closed it but gods are never allowed to undo what gods have done."
    Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.778

    🏛 #Venus, House of the Prince of Naples, Triclinium, #Pompeii

    #DayOfAphrodite #GreekRomanArt #Aphrodite #antiquidons #history

  13. Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹

    ""Priapos was conceived from Zeus and Aphrodite; but Hera in a jealous rage laid hands by a certain trickery on the belly of Aphrodite and readied a shapeless and ugly and over-meaty babe to be born."
    Suidas s.v. Priapos

    🏛 #Aphrodite and #Priapus figurine with gold paint polychromy, #Pompeii

    @antiquidons @mythology
    #DayOfAphrodite #mythology #GreekRomanArt