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  1. May 13

    Wall-painting depicting the sale of bread, from the House of the Baker, .

  2. The legend of Endymion and Selene, in the center Endymion's - 1st century AD - Fresco in

  3. May 10

    A more unusual piece of kitchen equipment - a pie-mould in the shape of a pig/boar, found in . Hopefully the end result created by the use of this mould was appetizing! (📷Museo Archeologico Nazionale)

  4. May 9

    Looking forward to going back to Pompeii. So much energy there it's palpable.

  5. May 9

    A peek inside the homes of Pompeii. This one in particular made me feel like I had travelled back in time….every now and then I still find myself imagining the life the inhabitants may have had ….

  6. May 13

    , from an unknown house in Regio VI of , a panel depicting Deadalus flying above the water while Icarus lies dead on the shore below. Now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli.

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  8. May 8

    Mt Vesuvius from the air with two models of the city of from the Museum in & a view from above of the ruins today. Vesuvius is now 1,281 metres (4,203 ft) high. It has erupted many times, including in 79AD and the last time, in 1944.

  9. 4 little () sleep together from the House of the Faun in - marble 1st century BC

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  11. May 12

    A visit to ancient is a very emotional experience, but did you know the capital of tiny Caribbean island of suffered the same fate and is now buried under volcanic ash? 🌋

  12. You might not need to hop on a plane to soon. can power a new kind of tourism, one that allows virtual travel to , or even the of the past. A new kind of : in the

  13. May 14

    A night stroll in Pompei ruins for the . Absolutely magical!

  14. May 13

    For , a visit to the House of the in to see this painting of riding a crab in the atrium - watch out for your toes there, little buddy.

    A fresco from Pompeii, showing Cupid riding a harnessed crab.
  15. The Last Days of Pompeii - by James Hamilton (1864) Very atmospheric painting - the sun blotted out by the eruption 🌋 darkness and terror - Ye Gods!!

  16. 6 hours ago

    Drones, scanners, artificial intelligence, and 3D GIS are the latest geospatial tools that help keep Pompeii, one of the most important archaeological sites in the world, in step with the times.

  17. May 13

    📚 Did You know? went to the dentist too? Beautiful smile was important even then. Dentist were able to do even extraction of the teath, bridges and implants like in nowadays,only they where made in gold.Some of them where find in

  18. May 9
  19. May 9

    Today I woke up with a longing for and especially for in my head...Hopefully I'll get there again sometime soon! And I miss the Italian ice cream 😆🍨

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