Honouring the plumbers, builders, and painters in one house in #Pompeii (Region IX) who were tragically interrupted in their work.
#LabourDay #MayDay

I love the little flourishes of spring greenery and meadow flowers in the amphitheatre of #Pompeii at this time of year.

A wonderful new animation by ray laurence 🇺🇦 explaining the riot in the amphitheatre of #Pompeii in AD59.
Eagle-eyed viewers will spot me in a very predictable scenario!
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Pompeii comics buff.ly/3UD9Yty

The luscious locks of Apollo.
A beautiful bronze representation of the god found off the coast of Salerno in 1930 and thought to be part of a full length statue.

Currently on display in the Provincial Archaeological Museum of Salerno MuseoArcheologicoSA

The colours of Italian liberation spotted in the House of the Cornelli, #Pompeii 🇮🇹
Wishing all Italians a very happy #FestadellaLiberazione

A brief history of
✨The Casts of Pompeii✨

With thanks to Dr Sophie Hay

Seen in Salerno #wallporn #spolia

Happy birthday to Rome!
According to myth, the city was founded on the 21st April 753 BC by Romulus after he killed his twin brother, Remus. #NataleDiRoma 🐺

“So they killed Cassandra first ‘cause she feared the worst/ And tried to tell the town”

If only Taylor Swift had been available for comment last week when the latest fresco to emerge from Pompeii Sites was being discussed.
#Cassandra

New Pasts Imperfect (4.18.24) pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperf… Paying Taxes in Roman Egypt, Pompeian Frescoes, Ancient Foraging & More Dr Sophie Hay Monica Hanna Josephine Quinn Helina Woldekiros Alexis Nikole Nelson ACLS

Early morning start in the Lupanare in #Pompeii and came face to… phallus.
#PhallusThursday

By the hand of my favourite illustrator, the reasoning behind the Trojan myth fresco that decorates the recently discovered black room in #Pompeii springs gloriously into life. Just magical.

Nuovi scavi a #Pompei , sono tante le piccole #scoperte quotidiane: qui quello che sembra essere la rappresentazione di una rappresentazione (dipinto di una statua) …

After watching the excellent Pompeii: The New Dig on BBC 2, I was reminded of these now ten year old images I made after reading the descriptions of life in a Roman Bakery:

If you’ve enjoyed the incredible discoveries that have recently been unearthed in #Pompeii do tune into this excellent new BBC Two series at 9pm - also on iplayer - it’s a fantastic three part doc capturing the amazing finds as they emerge by Lion TV Productions bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Pompeii: The New Dig is a new 3 part series.
With unique access to the dig the cameras follow archaeologists as they excavate an entire city block uncovering new buildings and the incredible stories of the people who lived there.
Watch Episode 1 TONIGHT 9pm on BBC Two/BBC iPlayer