#Pompeii

Guys, they found this on the walls of the brothel in Pompeii. Why are these two fighting What the hell is going on here See? Here she is trying to
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Geometry from the ancient Roman city of Pompeii,which got buried under volcanic ash and stones in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year 79 AD. Italy.Thread (all pictures are
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1/Being accepted in the tribe has been an evolutionary imperative for hundreds of millennia. Exile, or even significant exclusion, would mean both reduced resources and reproductive opportunities as well as
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Hollywood taught us: the greek-roman world was all white marble.The middle ages were muddy brown.Colors were invented in the renaissance, then the XXth century was back to black and white.A
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(Edited from M. Lurker's "Snakes" entry in "Encyclopedia of Religion")"It is likely that representations of serpents on monoliths from the Neolithic age France [or Iberia] were connected with the veneration
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I'm obsessed with the graffiti found on the walls of Pompeii.Vico d' Eumachia, brothel: "Gaius Valerius Venustus, soldier of the 1st praetorian cohort, in the century of Rufus, screwer of
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the @britishmuseum’s been closed to visitors for 4 and a half months due to coronavirusyet the museum’s work has continued tonight is definitely good time to look back at
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#Archaeology31 - Day 5 #Door. The evidence for doors in the Roman world is really rich, if not always at the forefront of Roman urban studies. Over the years I've
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Ok, holidays and coups are mostly over, so back to threads.There was some recent talk about pompeii because they dug out some more of it.A TERRIBLE PERSON'S GUIDE TO POMPEIIIncluding,
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I know you think the #Bridgerton costumes are over the top. The reality is so, so much...extra. When young ladies were presented at court, they had to wear a
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Whenever I can't understand something in medicine I tend to go back to primitive physiology because the diversity we have and the biochemistry we have has been decided by what
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#LatinForTheDay - 15 February"‘Esse quid hoc dicam vivis quod fama negatur et sua quod rarus tempora lector amat?’hi sunt invidiae nimirum, Regule, mores, praeferat antiquos semper ut illa
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1/1The relationship between Gogol's "Arabesques" and the line, transitional between one-dimensionality and two-dimensionality, is illuminated by Benjamin's comparison of Arab architecture and ornament with argumentation of
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urm here’s a thread of UK songs that live in my head rent free My Love - Route 94 LoveSick - Mura Masa ft. Asap Rocky Latch - Disclosure ft.
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What cure did Prometheus implant in mortals for taking away their ability to forsee their death? In "Prometheus Bound", Aeschylus gaves us the answer: Correction: *gave us For many ancients,
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Today we are going back to #Pompeii to talk about another pigment used in the mural paintings of @pompeii_sites and @mannapoli, whose color has also changed throughout time: yellow ochre.
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