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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

    knowledgezone.co.in/resources/

  2. Street in Pompeii,
    c. 1910
    2022

    Some places don't change much :)

    #Pompeii #NowAndThen #100Years

  3. It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / #Monday! ๐ŸŒ›

    "The Latmian hunter [Endymion], while his comrades are yet scattered in troops about the glens, rests in the summer shade, fit lover for a goddess, and soon Luna [Selene] comes with veiled horns."
    Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 8. 28

    ๐Ÿ›๏ธ #Fresco painting of Selene and #Endymion in House of Ara Massima in #Pompeii

    ๐Ÿ“ธ Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble
    flickr.com/photos/pauljill/414

    #antiquidons #history #DayOfSelene #MoonMonday #GreekRomanArt #mythology #Selene

  4. ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ถ: ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

    In de oude Romeinse stad Pompeii gebruikten vier mensen meubels om een โ€‹โ€‹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