Archive for the ‘Pompei’ Category
Off With Their Heads!
Where: Necropoli, Scavi archeologici di Pompei, Italy.
What: Detail of a grave-monument on the Necropolis of Pompei.
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Loading ...Gloria victis.
Where: Scavi archeologici di Pompei, Italy.
What: Gloria victis - glory to the vanquised. Is there any proof that the destruction of Pompei was not due to the eruption of the Vesuvius but because of the likes of Asterix?
(2 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Villa dei Misteri.
Where: Scavi archeologici di Pompei, Italy.
What: The largest remaining structure of the Pompei-excavation is the Amphitheater.
(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...79AD.
Where: Scavi archeologici di Pompei, Italy.
What: On August 24, 79 AD, the volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman cities of Pompei and Herculaneum under meters of ashes. A large part of the cities survived, like this, the Teatro Piccolo in Pompei.
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