sun went down, sun went down
over Pompeii

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Fresques Pompei / Herculanum / Zliten / Thèbes

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thinkin about,, loki freeing the goats in pompeii,, (also tried testing out a new brush)

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- Beginning the day with this fabulous panel of the torture of Ixion from the east wall of the exedra of the House of the Vettii, Pompeii (VI.15.1). Ixion on his wheel is marginalised, focussing our attention on the reaction of Juno and Mercury.

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This gorgeous Maenad appears in a diaphanous dress (maybe silk!) which is as revealing as it is flowing.

She holds the distinctive thyrsus rod of Dionysus.

This Roman fresco is from the Casa del Naviglio in Pompeii.

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Oh, where do we begin?/The rubble or our sins?
- Pompeii/Bastille

Happy 2021!

Queer Kitties: Genderfluid Marley (he/she/they)!
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Today 28BC Gaius Carrinas triumphant procession through Rome. Gaius Carrinas was a Roman politician, general and consul.

In 45 BC, Carrinas was sent on the orders of Julius Caesar to Spain to fight Sextus and Gnaeus Pompeius.

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Godzilla Rage Across Time

In the year 2016, Dr. Thompson and Nikki Kasumi continued their work in Pompei. They discovered an incredibly well-preserved body posed in terror with an illustration of Godzilla.

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For a marvellous wall painting depicting Cupid and Pan fighting while watched by Silenus. The fight between Cupid and Pan is commonly interpreted as the conflict between love and sexual desire.
From the House of Meleager, Pompeii. 1/2

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Thinking about erotic art in Pompei hbu

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2021.5.30 퇴근송 / Pompeii - Bastille ()
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방송 중 말씀하신 것처럼 Pompeii 진짜 오랜만에 들었다.
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It's Today we've chosen the Punishment of Ixion!

This stunning fresco was found in the House of the Vettii in Mercury is in the centre between Juno, Iris and Vulcanus. Nephele is at his feet and Ixion is tied to the wheel.

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- still in Pompeii, this time with a panel of Polyphemus and Galatea from the House of the Ancient Hunt (VII.4.48), discovered in 1834. And one perhaps for the attention of

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (27687)

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Some stunning frescoes from Pompeii & Rome and a view inside the galleries of the same exhibition

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4 Frescoes (detail images) found from the ruins that reveal "Life In Pompeii"

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I have a new pride and joy Dr Who item!

Doctor Who - 100 Illustrated Adventures

Some beautiful artwork celebrating adventures in time and space!

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Taking all the known building perimeters of Pompeii, a computer fills in the rest. What a city using only one story buildings where everyone is less than ten minutes walk from the open countryside could look like, at a population density greater than than that of London today.

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Seriously, though, it's just that most Roman paintings happened to survive from Roman Egypt, but plenty of it also survives from Roman Italy and Roman Greece. For instance, tons of portraits from Pompeii, Herculaneum, Boscoreale, and other sites like the ones seen here:

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You can expect gods, goddesses and the importance of myth in the ancient world and beyond. Here’s Venus the patron of Pompeii and Ariadne abandoned by Theseus as depicted in Pompeii frescoes...

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