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A last for the morning, with this awesome panel of Dido from the House of Meleager, Pompeii (VI.9.2). Dido is seated on her throne, with an attendant personification of Africa, as Aeneas' ship departs.

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8898)

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Wall-#paintings from the workshop of Veranius Hypsaeus show the different stages of Here the cloth is carded & displayed to the customer. The itself was large, it included troughs for soaking the cloth and large bronze basins

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2021-02-05

It’s (please, we’re Antipodean).

We’re celebrating with this absolutely gorgeous fresco of the Graces from Pompeii!

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2021-02-05

Part of a wall-#painting from the of the Papyri. Four ducks have been hung above two antelope. The antelopes are still alive, and their hooves have been tied. is a common themw in the wall-paintings of and

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2021-01-31

Jake and Izzy were both part of a different story all together before being part of Anamnesis. Originally they were around the same age (Jake younger, Izzy older) and they were the survivors of a city demolished by a volcano which was in reference to Pompeii

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Pompeii's newest artifex, Clara (coming soon to a CLC edition near you, if she hasn't already!) is now the subject of a Latin haiku. optimē, Valentina! 🖌️

📕 https://t.co/cWz0QyLnrS

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2021-01-29

Reconstructing the menu of a pub in ancient Eat like a first-century using recent archaeological discoveries as your guide. https://t.co/o2ZlPGTFdO

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2021-01-28

Born in 1708: Italian painter (1708-87)

Portrait of Countess Maria Benedetta di San Martino, 1785

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2021-01-26

Born in 1708: Italian painter (1708-87)

Portrait of Arthur Saunders Gore, Viscount Sudley, (1734-1809) & Catherine, née Annesley (1739-70), 1769

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Born in 1708: Italian painter (1708-87)

Portrait of Thomas Taylour, Viscount of Headfort, later 2nd Earl of Bective and 1st Marquess of Headfort (1757-1829), 1782

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Born in 1708: Italian painter (1708-87)

Portrait of William Weddell (1736-92), 1765-6

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2021-01-25

42人目の昇進2はジェイ
Pompeii killerの名は伊達ではない

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2021-01-23

Pompeii walks out
some hungry doktah with their personal chefs in the squad :

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2021-01-23

A inspired by last week episode of "Pompei. La città viva", the new podcast by & . This detail from the fullonica of Veranius Hypsaeus in portrays a man brushing wool cloth while the one under the cage is whitening a fabric

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2021-01-23

I love at how you just solo-ed Pompeii all by yourself. The queen deserves a reward.

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2021-01-21

Paisano Pompeo, your own immigrant family came to the USA at a time when we Italians were deplored as invading rats. Multiculturalism changed that. https://t.co/Jxm4uox46g

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. Pittura murale da Pompei dalla "Casa dei Dioscuri" (VI, 9.6) con una rappresentazione di Perseo e Andromeda

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Je vous emmène encore en voyage aujourd’hui ?
Allons à Pompei et Herculanum, sur les traces de Wilhelm Zahn, un allemand qui à partir de 1829, supervise des fouilles, et publie ses découvertes dans un monument de la lithographie : « Die schönsten Ornamente... aus Pompeji »⤵️

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Let's just call her Pompeii-

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