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  1. Two thousand years after Mount Vesuvius buried it under six meters of ash, Pompeii remains one of the most visited archaeological sites on earth—and one of the most persistently haunted. #pompeii #ghosts #romanempire youtu.be/2qu0wu5hqeM

  2. Aug 24 : Volcanic Eruption 🌋
    #Bales2026FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬
    #Pompeii (2014)
    Mount Vesuvius vents its anger on the Pompeians.

  3. “We now know that the interiors of wealthy people's homes in #Pompeii smelled woody and earthy, with a hint of citrus.”

    Ashes From Pompeii Reveal What The Doomed City Smelled Like 2,000 Years Ago : ScienceAlert sciencealert.com/ashes-from-po #science #archeology #archaeology #anthropology #incense #rome #antiquity

  4. #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

    knowledgezone.co.in/resources/

  5. Pompeii’s restored House with Bakery ceiling brings Dionysus and Ariadne fresco back to life

    A restored ceiling from Pompeii’s House with Bakery has brought one of the city’s finest painted rooms back into view. The fresco, found in Regio IX, once decorated the vaulted ceiling of an upper floor dining room where guests gathered for banquets...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/07/pom

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #romanempire #fresco #pompeii

  6. Walking from the dark entrance tunnel into the sunlit, and slightly wet, amphitheatre at #Pompeii.

    #TemporaryPictures #Reflections #Roman

  7. It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏

    Please, glorious Hermes, be my guide today! 💙

    "Finerod Hermes departed, fanning his light wings, and the flat of his extended shoes oared him as quick as the winds of heaven in their course."
    Nonnus, Dionysiaca 3.373

    🏛️ Hermes fresco, House of the Ancient Hunt, #Pompeii, 1st century CE

    #mythology #antiquidons #DayOfHermes #Hermes #history #GreekRomanArt

  8. 𝗡𝗶𝗲𝘂𝘄𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗱𝗲𝗸𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗶𝗶: 𝗯𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗮𝗸𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝘃𝘂𝗹𝗸𝗮𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴

    In de oude Romeinse stad Pompeii gebruikten vier mensen meubels om een ​​slaapkamerdeur te blokkeren en zichzelf te beschermen tegen de uitbarsting van de vulkaan Vesuvius in het jaar 79 na Christus. Een van de vier was een kind.

    rtl.nl/nieuws/buitenland/artik

    #Pompeii #ontdekking #barricade

  9. Warum sollten wir in künstliche Intelligenz (#KI) investieren? Warum sollte #Europa in der KI-Forschung und KI-Anwendung führend sein?

    Anbei ein Artikel der zeigt wie KI unsere Welt bereichert: Verloren geglaubte Papyrusrollen einer antiken #Bibliothek werden wieder lesbar gemacht 😀

    KI eröffnet ungeahnte Möglichkeiten. Eine Volkswirtschaft ohne KI-Kompetenz wird im globalen Wettbewerb schlicht untergehen. #China #USA

    #Herculaneum #Vesuv #Pompeii #Musk
    #Volt

    nzz.ch/feuilleton/herculaneum-

  10. How did I miss this in 2019 and what's the current thinking on this interesting collection of objects?

    Daley, Jason. “A Sorceress’ Kit Was Discovered in the Ashes of #Pompeii.” Smithsonian Magazine, 2019. smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/.

    h/t @DSAArchaeology

    Warning: "see also" video at bottom of Smithsonian page doesn't address this find, but includes images of human remains and a plaster cast of a dog that clearly died in pain during the Vesuvius eruption.

    #archaeology #ancientRome #ancientMagic

  11. CW: Roman erotic art, explicit frescoes

    I have a long-running series of posts on #ErosBlog that share one title: "Why Rich Men Buy Boats". In two words, the answer is always "yacht bunnies".

    Some things never change. Today I learned that the #Romans were running #threesome cruises and #OrgyBarge jaunts along the #Nile, or at least imagining themselves doing that on the walls of Pompeii: erosblog.com/2023/06/01/why-ri

    #RichMen #Boats #Yachts #YachtBunnies #Pompeii #EroticArt #Egypt #RomanEgypt #NileRiver