On a byfoot room containing an altar, a garden, and a small pool the fresco was slowly uncovered revealing an unusual design of different beasts, along with a man with the head of a dog, thought to be inspired by the Egyptian god Anubis.
No other place of worship has this kind of decorative design covering its walls. With public vandalism, advertisements, and even erotic graffiti making an appearance. It is the commonplace nature of these inscriptions however that make them so historically valuable. They also remind us that these artefacts were once, living, breathing people like ourselves.
Like most of the site, the fact that the graffiti can be read at all is part-tragedy, part-miracle. Food remnants are one of the most unique findings in Pompeii.
They helped tell us what types of food these citizens ate, a really useful insight into how the Romans lived. One of the most fascinating discoveries was a giraffe bone, which illustrated how the wealthy people of Pompeii sought after the most exotic food for their dinners made possible by imports from far-flung areas. Another enthralling find was the discovery of several carbonised loaves of bread preserved, preserved in charcoal, looking as if they just came out of the oven.
Along with these, whole eggs, fruit, nuts and fish bones have also been found, indicating the varied diet the people of Pompeii had.
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If you were a slave, you could not say no. While many victims of the eruption died carrying hoards of coins and jewelry, many more died empty-handed. In the darkness, a group of ten people with a single lantern, likely slaves, frantically tried to climb from the pumice-filled entrance hall to the second floor. In a nearby hall facing a courtyard, three more struggled to dig an escape route with a pickax and a hoe.
All died. Aside from their tools, they left behind only a coin or two, some bronze jewelry and a few glass beads. Hidden in an underground passage, archaeologists discovered two wooden treasure chests.
In them were jewels, more than 50 pounds of carefully wrapped silverware, and gold and silver coins. His artwork, at least, Quintus left in plain sight. Under a colonnade was a marble statue of Apollo stroking a griffin as it playfully jumped up against his leg. The statue is in such superb condition that it might have been carved last week. By encasing objects almost as tightly as an insect trapped in amber, the fine-grained volcanic ash that smothered Pompeii proved a remarkable preservative.
Where the public market used to be, archaeologists have dug up glass jars with fruit still in them. An oven in an excavated bakery was found to contain 81 carbonized loaves of bread.
A surprising amount of graffiti was also preserved. Blank, mostly windowless Pompeiian houses, for instance, presented seemingly irresistible canvases for passersby to share their thoughts. A half-dozen walls around town offer comments on the relative merits of blondes and brunettes.
Several inscriptions salute local gladiators. The exhibition includes a magnificent bronze helmet decorated with scenes of vanquished barbarians in high relief above the armored visor. When losers were put to death, their bodies were carted off to a special room where they were relieved of their armor. More likely, considering the 18 other skeletons found in the same small room, she was simply seeking refuge from the deadly ash.
Here the enemy, when it came, was what geologists call a pyroclastic surge: superheated 1,degree Fahrenheit ash and gas traveling with the force of a hurricane.
Herculaneum was smaller and wealthier than Pompeii. Roman senators built terraced homes here overlooking the Bay of Naples. Inside the villa, named for its immense library of scrolls, were frescoes, mosaics and more than 90 statues. Shortly after noon on August 24, the sky over Herculaneum darkened ominously. In Herculaneum, most of the victims were incinerated. Even at the comparatively safe distance of 15 miles, it triggered panic and confusion.
Many besought the aid of the gods, but still more imagined there were no gods left and that the universe was plunged into eternal darkness.
Along the seafront archaeologists in the s discovered the remains of nearly victims. Carrying satchels filled with cash, jewels and amulets, they crowded into boathouses on the beach.
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