Demeter Peplophoros ΔΗΜΗΤΡΑ ΠΕΠΛΟΦΟΡΟΣ (peplos-long garment, phoros-to wear) Discovered 1997 in ancient city of Herculaneum, near Campania, Italy. Dated 1st CE BC. Greek goddess of agriculture. Aniquarium of Boscoreale, Naples.

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A particularly pleasing one recently arrived from Naples. It contained an appendix giving the English names for some common plants, and as most were new to me, I thought I might transcribe them.

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Sytème de brasero et réchaud retrouvé dans la Maison du Faune à Pompéi et conservé à Naples. L’une des fonctions pouvait être de bénéficier d’eau chaude pour être versée dans le vin lors du banquet. On le retrouve sur cette mosaïque du IIIe s. provenant de Sepphoris en Israël.

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🔥Un satyre embrasse langoureusement une ménade sur cette peinture romaine exposée au Musée archéologique de Naples.

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Roman pigeon mosaic from Capua Vetere, in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples.

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they NERFED his fucking ears can’t have SHIT in naples.

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Luca Giordano (18 October 1634 – 12 January 1705) was an Italian painter-Protector saints of Naples.Η Σταύρωση

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Vesuvius erupted in 1906, devastating Among the many non-book items are these fragments of wall paintings, thought to be from They live in the Lewis Cabinet of MSS & curiosities, given to us in 1727. Learn more https://t.co/hSxu2vkTgi

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March 14th.1822 Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, was born in Naples. She became Empress consort of Brazil. More about her @ https://t.co/OzHzsr7iFn

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Lionello Balestrieri (1872–1958) was an Italian painter and engraver, active in various styles mainly in Paris and Naples.

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Saviero della Gatta (Actif à Naples entre 1777 et 1827), Vue de la baie de Naples. Gouache sur papier. Signé et daté Sav° della Gatta 1803 en bas à droite, 379 x 669 mm

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A particularly pleasing one recently arrived from Naples. It contained an appendix giving the English names for some common plants, and as most were new to me, I thought I might transcribe them.

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One of the earliest surviving images of surgery: the physician Japix removes an arrow from the thigh of Aeneas. A fresco painted in the 1st century AD, and discovered in the ruins of Pompeii in 1825. From the collections of in Naples.

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Goodness! As my counter ticks over the 20,000 followers mark (!!) I was busy tweeting about Roman from
Couldn’t have been more fitting if I tried.

By way of thanks, here’s Mercury the messenger from emerging from the pumice stones & now in Naples.

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Roman pigeon mosaic from Capua Vetere, in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Things to do in Naples: https://t.co/ShBAwkiTQ5

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Wall painting from depicting Medea shortly before murdering her children (62-79 AD). Discovered in the peristilium (colonnade with garden) of the House of the Dioscuri in Pompeii in 1824-1825.
On loan from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples.

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Salvatore Fergola (1799 – 1874) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes or vedute in and around his native Naples. He is considered an exponent of the School of Posillipo.

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Moonlight on the Gulf of Pozzuoli, 1820-1849

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Day 4 - Riding
Giorno takes Jotaro on a scenic vespa ride in Naples.

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