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'Sterven in schoonheid' is een ode aan de schoonheid in Pompeï en Herculaneum. Nog te zien in @DrentsMuseum t/m 26 maart 2023. #archeologie #geschiedenis #vesuvius
The 18th century was a period of great archeological discoveries like the ones in Pompeii and Herculaneum. This made people interested in everything "ancient". Some of the most famous museums nowadays were built during this century, like the British National Gallery or the—
#OTD in 79 AD, Mt. Vesuvius erupted in southern Italy, destroying the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Centuries later, this cataclysmic force of nature would inspire an artist, a rose hybridizer, and a scholar. 🌋 https://t.co/TufaOtkLrF
#FrescoFriday
#Roman #fresco shoiwng scene of dressing a priestess or #bride. Found in the palaestra of the Forum Baths at #Herculaneum. Dated back to the 1st C AD.
#Art #Archaeology #History #beauty
The restored version of John Martin's Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
For #FrescoFriday it had to be this as I'm back in the classroom... the fresco of the Centaur Chiron educating the young Achilles, from the Basilica at Herculaneum. I would note that my beard is better than Chiron's.
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9109)
#Roman #music lesson fresco from Herculaneum. A young girl plays the lyre with a young man in attendance arm in arm, on a couch with griffin supports, whilst perhaps her mother (?) looks on approvingly.
@britishmuseum
Great way to round off 2019 at the @AshmoleanMuseum exhibition #LastSupperinPompeii. Pics include the bronze counterweight from a set of scales, dining room mosaic of death, carbonised walnuts, & a carbonised loaf of bread. All from Pompeii or Herculaneum. #Romans #archaeology
French academic painter Louis Hector Leroux was born on this date in 1829. This is "Herculaneum." #art @MuseeOrsay
Extremely rare Hipposandals in rope coming from #Herculaneum. 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
A 2000-Year-old loaf of bread was found during excavations in Herculaneum. The British museum @britishmuseum recreated the recipe