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i AM DOING A PROJECT ON ROMAN LIFE IN ad79. I need info
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The Writing on the Wall
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The Writing on the Wall
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Sep 16 2009, 8:17 AM EDT by
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Holy balls, these pieces are epic win.
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Visiting Pompeii and Herculaneum from Sorrento
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Aug 27 2009, 12:00 PM EDT by
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I am going on holiday to Sorrento in the near future. Is it possible to visit Pompeii and Herculaneum on my own or do I need to go on an organised tour?
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RE: Visiting Pompeii and Herculaneum from Sorrento
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Aug 27 2009, 12:00 PM EDT
There is no "snack bar" on the site, even though it is listed on the map. Bring your own lunch and a water bottle. The site was the highlight of our trip to Italy.
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D.Fontana
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Pompeii
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Aug 27 2009, 6:29 AM EDT by
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Seems like the first 'excavator' was D.Fontana who made underground tunnel under Pompeii to conduct water from river Sarno to Torre Annunziata.
Could someone help with images of this Sarno channel in Pompeii and outside?
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RE: D.Fontana
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Aug 27 2009, 6:29 AM EDT
Thanks for the info.
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Herculaneum
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Aug 25 2009, 2:12 PM EDT by
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"On December 11, 1738, however, an inscription came to light that identified d'Elboeuf's building. The inscription read Theatrum Herculanensi."
Could someone prove this date and the text of inscription?
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Aug 25 2009, 2:12 PM EDT
"I got the data from more than one source ..." "source" - in scientific sense or no?
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date of eruption question
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Aug 17 2009, 2:31 PM EDT by
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What do you thing about some another, not August, date of Vesuvius eruption 79AD? Some historians claim autumn or even winter date ...
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RE: date of eruption question
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Aug 17 2009, 2:31 PM EDT
"The weight of evidence would August for the eruption." August is in some of Pliny's manuscripts of "Letters". Some other manuscripts have another date for the eruption. Some archaeological finds allow to suppose another date, and even analysis of wind strength and directions doesn't support August ..
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Garden of the Fugitives
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Porta Nocera - plaster casts
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Jul 25 2009, 5:02 AM EDT by
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I go to Pompeii nearly every year & always go to pay my respects to the casts of these bodies. I have never seen anything so sad, especially those of the children. Can you imagine the awful panic & the inevitable deaths of these poor people who only hours before had been going about their ordinary day to day lives.
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Assignment Task
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Jun 22 2009, 6:35 AM EDT by
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Hi, i do ancient history and i am currently doing a task on the Villa of Papyri. I just need to understand what it can teach us about our ancient past. I think i have the answer, but im not sure. Plz help!
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Jun 22 2009, 6:35 AM EDT
Homework! Blimey! It's been a while.
Look at the Villa of the Papyri pages. What do they tell you? A civilized society? Cultural? The villa itself - its location and size - what does that tell you about the house and its owner? The papyri - mainly Greek writings - why? What about the structure of Roman society? The household - master and slaves?
Look at the Daily Life pages - what more can you glean from them with regard to work and leisure?
I'm beginning to get a sore head - I remember now why I hated homework. Hope this helps.
Good luck with your assignment.
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mistake (typo)
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Since the Re-discovery
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May 4 2009, 9:06 AM EDT by
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um at the end of the last paragraph in fiorelli it says he died in 1986....:P now if he was appointed director in 1863.....he either had an amazing body......lol or sum1 made a mistake
thank u
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May 4 2009, 9:06 AM EDT
Thanks for pointing out I've got fat fingers - I got the numbers right, but not necessarily in the correct order!
Hope you enjoy the site despite my typos.
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Best coverage of Herculaneum. Anywhere. Period.
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Apr 5 2009, 5:40 PM EDT by
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Great site. Your section on Herculaneum is excellent. Great work.
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Insulae II, III
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Apr 1 2009, 6:23 AM EDT by
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Why the destruction? The city has already been destroyed once, what is happening here?
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Apr 1 2009, 6:23 AM EDT
"Why the destruction? The city has already been destroyed once, what is happening here? " Oh, and one more thing - Pompeii is in the middle of the same process - for private houses, there will be a separate page for each Regio, each relevant Insula and every selected property. This has been completed for Regios I, II, III and V (so there is no page now called Regio I - V, but all the data is still there). This is being done because some of the pages were getting outlandishly large, and to make looking up a specific property easier. Hope this makes sense.
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Archaeological Park
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Stabiae
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Mar 24 2009, 8:06 AM EDT by
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Are you aware of plans for the archaeological park joining the string of villas at ancient stabiae?
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RE: Archaeological Park
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Mar 24 2009, 8:06 AM EDT
I do find it interesting. Visited yesterday. Unbelievable. Great site - grazie e bravo.
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Vesuvius
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Mar 23 2009, 3:47 PM EDT by
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wow ever since i watched pompeii the last day the movie i have been so fasinated by this volcano. it's scary what natural disasters can do to our lively hood.
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If you've only got a day...
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Mar 16 2009, 4:30 AM EDT by
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I'm going to be on a cruise that docks in Naples - if I had to choose one site to visit, which would you recommend - Pompeii or Herculaneum?
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Mar 16 2009, 4:30 AM EDT
I'd say Pompeii, if only for the reason that the excavations there have uncovered far more than Herculaneum. I was there about thirty years ago and I imagine more has been uncovered since my visit. Visiting Pompeii will give you a much better overview of Roman life in that time. However if time is really short, Herculaneum would, I think be the better bet as it is a more compact area.
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Theseus
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Basilica Noniana
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Mar 7 2009, 6:33 AM EST by
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I take it that this fresco has been restored?
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RE: Theseus
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Mar 7 2009, 6:33 AM EST
I dug this up trawling through the net. As far as I am aware, it is in the Naples Archaeological Museum. I've yet to add it, and one other photograph to the page on the Basilica - it should be available soon.
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Excavation
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Villa of the Papyri
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It looks to me the Archaeologists have been busy digging down deeper here- below those tantalizing windows of the lower level. I wish they'd have a blog or online journal of their progress at this amazing site. Thanks for the update picture.
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Jan 22 2009, 5:50 AM EST
An online blog would be an excellent idea - I'm not aware of such a thing - perhaps the Herculaneum Conservation Project could be persuaded to provide such a thing, but I don't know if they have the staff.
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Stabiae
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Jan 1 2009, 6:15 AM EST by
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I noticed your updated posting for Stabiae and wondered if you were aware of the garden excavations at Villa Arianna. The work is very interesting with research being done by Archaeologist Kathryn Gleason to determine plants there based upon the fossil remains of roots.
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Jan 1 2009, 6:15 AM EST
No, I wasn't aware of the garden excavations - I'll have a look into it. Similar work was done in Pompeii, described in the book The Natural History of Pompeii by Wilhelmina Mary Feemster Jashemski and Frederick Gustav Meyer
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Location of the Villa of Pliny the Elder in Miseno?
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Dec 12 2008, 10:48 AM EST by
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Is there an exact location of Pilny's villa at the time of the erruption? From descriptions he had written of the design of his home - it was in Capo Massa (The Villas of Pliny from Antiquity to Posterity) which is around Sorrento. Maybe you can help me with this one.
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LIbrary
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Oct 7 2008, 1:06 PM EDT by
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Hi people. I'm dying to know when they're finally going to dig out the rest of the Villa dei Papyri. Any news about that?
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Oct 7 2008, 1:06 PM EDT
Although the Archaeologists working at the Villa dei Papyri aren't specifically seeking new papyri, there is always the chance some may turn up scattered around there. The Basilica is also being explored, and (I think) also undergoing some excavation, so there is also the possibility of recovering written documents at that location too. The reporting on these matters is glacially slow, and it is hard to understand why this is so, in this internet age. I'd recommend the Friends of Herculaneum's newsletters as being the most current source for info about the work at Herculaneum, and of course this great site! The SOPRINTENDENZA ARCHEOLOGICA DI POMPEI's website is hopelessly out of date.
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Shoreline Herculaneum
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Shoreline, Herculaneum
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Aug 15 2008, 10:44 AM EDT by
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Agfter the skepetons were found in the boathouses were any actually left there or have they now all been taken to the museum? I'd love to know.
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Aug 15 2008, 10:44 AM EDT
As far as I am aware there are still some skeletal remains left in situ.
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