Views of the peristyle garden from the House of at named after a statue found, mistakenly identified as the Athenian politician. Adjacent rooms built of opus reticulatum. Some wall painting still on show.

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For those interested the last image is a detail from one of two stunning frescoes from showing stages of a religious ritual dedicated to Isis. The god is symbolised by water in a golden vase. from The other fresco also has some lovely ibises lurking around the altar.

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The defiant gaze staring out of this torn & misshapen metal face is breathtaking. For me, this crumpled silver portrait of Livia, wife of Augustus, is one of the most arresting objects & one that embodies the destructive yet preservative nature of the AD 79 eruption.

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Stumbled across this, presumably rare, photograph of the painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema on site in sketching in the House of Sallust.
His most famous painting of Pompeii is ‘An Exedra’ (1869) set at the schola (bench) tomb of the priestess Mammia near the Herculaneum Gate.

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The cupids decorating a tripod.
Fresco of the 4th style. (Herculaneum, Insula V, 17—18)

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Bronze runners from the Villa of the Papyri (Herculaneum) https://t.co/qd3yQwsPCo via

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French academic painter Louis Hector Leroux was born on this date in 1829. This is "Herculaneum."

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Extremely rare Hipposandals in rope coming from Used for the protection of the horses' hoof, they were tied with the corrects by means of hooks to the animal's paw. Visible to the Antiquarium of Boscoreale.

Photo by Pompeii - Parco Archeologico

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Pumice and lapilli had fallen from all day, but despite this, had been spared. About 300 people had found shelter in the 12 shelters for boats dug into the rock on the coast, thinking of spending the night safe https://t.co/2ASJw5dcsq

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The traditional date that started to erupt, destroying the cities of & is 24th-25th Aug 79 AD. This is due to a letter written by Pliny The Younger. It is now believed the disaster occurred in the autumn, as many braziers have been found in homes.

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Today in AD 79 Vesuvius erupted - this papyrus scroll was recovered from a library in a private house in

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Year 10 Geography trip to the Bay of Naples in Southern Italy. Pupils asking the guide at Herculaneum about the destroyed town and people.

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A 2000-Year-old loaf of bread was found during excavations in Herculaneum. The British museum recreated the recipe

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The eye of a marble statue from Herculaneum, with surviving paint. Roman before 79 AD.

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