'The floor is Lava!'

— Everyone, Pompeii, 79AD

79AD Mount Vesuvius was unleashing hell on earth.
This man decided he’d face the oncoming apocalypse by knocking one out.

Legend.

I was just in the ancient unearthed city of Pompeii Italy, which was of course destroyed by the Vesuvius volcano in 79AD, I saw the lead pipes which poisoned the people there and lead to the early deaths of Roman people, (and their society) I couldn’t help but think about how our

Roman Wall Painting (1st Century AD), showing Perseus freeing Andromeda, from the House of the Dioscuri in Pompeii.

The wall painting of Perseus and Andromeda was found in the House of the Dioscouri, and was painted around 50-79AD. The painting was probably copied from a

These busy little bees come from Historia Animalium (History of Animals), produced in Italy in 1595. 🐝

The Renaissance manuscript contains illustrations and descriptions from the Roman natural philosopher Pliny the Elder (23/24–79AD) and Aristotle (384–322BC).

A reconstruction of the ‘House of the Faun’. Discovered in the ruins of Pompeii in the 1830s, it would have been one of the most spectacular dwellings in the city before the devastation of 79AD.

Solid gold bracelet featuring two-headed glass-eyed snake biting a medallion of Selene / Luna, goddess of the Moon, holding a crescent moon & stars. Worn by woman tragically killed when balcony collapsed in eruption of Vesuvius, 79AD (House of the Golden Bracelet, Pompeii)

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Over 300 bodies found on Herculaneum beach, killed in 79AD eruption of Vesuvius, some wearing or carrying precious possessions in bags/boxes.
Among them were long gold necklaces + gold bracelets/armlets, including these worked with snake heads.
In the Antiquarium.

@archehistory Historic Vids It’s like you traveled back to 79AD and erased bro’s search history for him.

Doors with a difference for #AdoorableThursday .

They're not really there....
Impressions left by doors in the solidified eruptive material and mud of Vesuvius 79AD.
Probably opening to view over Bay of Naples, at Oplontis/Villa Poppea near #Pompeii .

Fresco showing a ceremony of the cult of Isis, possibly a priest performing a dance disguised as the Egyptian god Bes. From Herculaneum 62-79AD. Note the shaven headed priests shaking sistrums and the imported Egyptian ibises sacred to Thoth. Personal photo

#FindsFriday
Over 300 bodies found on Herculaneum beach, killed in 79AD eruption of Vesuvius, some wearing or carrying precious possessions in bags/boxes.
Among them were long gold necklaces + gold bracelets/armlets, including these worked with snake heads.
In the Antiquarium.

Daily Picture Theme Frozen in time since 79AD. An #illustration on the wall of a house in Herculaneum

Proof that writer’s block is nothing new ~ this Pompeiian woman with gold-threaded hair engages us as she muses over her wax tablet. She’d soon have plenty to write about, so let’s hope she survived (Pompeii, 55-79AD, unearthed 1760, National Archaeological Museum of Naples)

Panis quadratus. Recipe based on chemical analysis of charred bread found in a Pompeii oven. Recipe circa 79AD. I cheated by using an electric oven.

The famous Herculaneum scroll - charred papyrus found buried by the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79AD - been deciphered.😲

It was achieved by students in the #VesuviusChallenge & they used algorithms to scan the artifact that would otherwise had been destroyed if unraveled by

The eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD caused a group of painters/decorators to flee Pompeii, leaving behind their unfinished work & these paint pots & mixing bowls. Pigments shown here range from yellow (ochre) to blue (Egyptian Blue) to red (Haematite)
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Not bad for 79AD 🤔

A photo I took this year of a painting in a villa in #Pompeii , destroyed in the year 79AD during an eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

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