Tag: Pompeii
Italy: Researchers discover skeletons of earthquake victims in Pompeii
Italy Researchers discover skeletons of earthquake victims in Pompeii Researchers have found two skeletons at the archaeological site of the sunken city of Pompeii in Italy. photo © Pompeii Archaeological…
Video: Two thousand years old: Two more victims of Mount Vesuvius eruption discovered in Pompeii
The human remains are thought to belong to two men in their 50s, Italy’s culture ministry said in a statement Tuesday. The human remains are thought to belong to two…
Literature: Before the sinking: Eugen Ruge’s “Pompeii”
literature Before sinking: Eugen Ruge’s “Pompeii” With “Pompeii” Eugen Ruge presents a novel that also poses questions to the present. photo © Jens Kalaene/dpa In his current novel, the award-winning…
Pompeii near Naples: “Surprises are the order of the day”
Wwhy are we interested today in what happened 2000 years ago, how people lived, loved, how they lived and what works of art they created? And what role does Pompeii,…
Exhibition of murals from Pompeii extended in Bologna – Culture
This has been evident for several months Museo Civico Archeologico in Bologna a unique exhibition: “I pittori di Pompei”. On display are 120 wall paintings from Pompeii. The show was…
Preservation of monuments: sheep graze in Pompeii – Panorama
Lawn mowers are often noisy and smelly. That harbors conflicts. A few years ago in Marktredwitz in Upper Franconia, a drunken pensioner attacked his neighbor with a knife because he…
Archaeology: Johannes Eber from Munich conducts research in Pompeii – Munich
Johannes Eber researches smells in ancient Pompeii, oil lamps, lamp slaves and all kinds of incense. The objects tell the archaeologist of opulent feasts and nocturnal escapades. Pompeii, the city…
Video: Erotic frescoes restored in Pompeii
The rooms on the site of the excavation are also known as the “Sistine Chapel” of Pompeii and were closed in 2001. Now you can admire the building and the…
Forbidden love in Pompeii – jewelry “from a master for his slave girl”
volcanic eruption Forbidden love in Pompeii – jewelry “from a master for his slave girl” In the 19th century, the erotic imagination of painters was sparked by the slave women…
Collection of Antiquities: The grandiose exhibition “New Light from Pompeii” – Munich
Currently, the sun sets at 4:30 p.m. in Pompeii. 2000 years ago, the twelve-hour day from sunrise to sunset was over, which varied in length depending on the season. The…