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| Wednesday, November 25, 2009 |
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UQ archaeology digs into the life behind Pompeii |
| Brisbane may be 2000 years and half-a-world away from Pompeii, but it hasn't stopped a UQ archaeologist from digging up some hidden treasures. More. Labels: dig, pompeii, roman empire |
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Roman Domus Discovered Near Stabiae - But Will There be Funds to Excavate? |
| In the small town of Casola di Napoli, about three miles south of the archaeological site of Pompeii, sheer chance has brought to light an archaeological discovery – as well as some unanswered questions. More. Labels: dig, house, pompeii, roman empire |
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| Friday, November 20, 2009 |
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A Day in Pompeii |
| Discover what life was like in Pompeii before rock and ash from Mt Vesuvius engulfed the bustling Roman city. A Day in Pompeii features more than 250 priceless artefacts. View these and experience the cataclysmic eruption of Vesuvius in a spectacular immersive 3D theatre. More. Labels: museum, pompeii, roman empire |
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| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 |
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Adopt a Pompeian dog |
| They sleep under ancient Roman frescoes and walk on priceless mosaic floors, but they are far from living a privileged life. More. Labels: pompeii, preservation, roman empire |
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Ruins reveal death of Pompeii nearly 2,000 years ago |
| On a recent trip to Italy, those in my group who took their free day to see the ancient ruin of Herculaneum preferred that site over Pompeii. Others who spent their free day in Pompeii preferred it. More. Labels: pompeii, roman empire |
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| Tuesday, November 17, 2009 |
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Interview: Christian Biggi of the Herculaneum Centre |
| y thanks to Christian Biggi, who kindly agreed to answer some questions about the work of the Herculaneum Centre in Ercolano. Not only that, he translated all his answers into Italian too, which is above and beyond the call of duty! The Italian version is beneath the photo. More. Labels: pompeii, roman empire, scholar |
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| Tuesday, November 03, 2009 |
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Vesuviana |
| Fabrizio Pesando (Università di Napoli "L'Orientale") is launching a new journal on Pompeii and Herculaneum. The publisher has issued a promotional pdf with details of the first issue and subscription rates. More. Labels: pompeii, roman empire, scholar |
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| Wednesday, October 28, 2009 |
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Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009.10.51 |
| Since the discoveries of Pompeii and Herculaneum in the mid-18th century, Roman wall paintings have been the source of fascination among scholars and the general public alike. Ancient Roman frescoes are found in a tremendous variety of settings in nearly every ancient province. More. Labels: book, pompeii, roman empire |
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| Tuesday, October 27, 2009 |
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Pompeii vineyards provide new wines * * * |
Pompeii is being brought back to life by new wines produced in the vineyards dating back to Roman times.
The wines are only made from grapes grown inside the ancient city which was destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD. More.Labels: food, pompeii, roman empire |
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| Monday, October 26, 2009 |
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I Lived to see Herculaneum |
| I had the good fortune to snag a ticket for the lecture yesterday at the Getty Villa on Herculaneum: Conserving and Interpreting the Roman Past with architect Gionata Rizzi. More. Labels: museum, pompeii, roman empire |
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A Day in Pompeii is over |
| THE Melbourne Museum closed its doors last night on the most popular museum exhibition ever seen in Australia, A Day in Pompeii. Since it opened on June 25, one in 10 Victorians, or 325,000 people, visited the collection of films about, and artefacts from, the lost city of ancient Roman times. More. Labels: museum, pompeii, roman empire |
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| Tuesday, October 20, 2009 |
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Vesuvius Volcano 79 AD Eruption * * * |
| this is an educational website designed to help students learn about the processes of explosive volcanic activity through the use of inquiry-based techniques. The exercises use the 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius volcano in Italy as a type example of a large explosive eruption that had a significant impact on the local human population. More. Labels: pompeii, roman empire, scholar |
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| Thursday, October 15, 2009 |
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Vintage at Pompeii |
| A huge event for media, also TV stations from Japan and America came to the official start of the vintage in the "House of the Ship Europa". More. Labels: food, pompeii, re-enactment, roman empire |
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Amici di Pompei * * * |
| L’Associazione Internazionale "Amici di Pompei", fondata da Amedeo Maiuri, è sorta il 13 luglio 1955 con atto del notaio dott. Romolo Scivicco, registrato a Napoli il 16 luglio 1955 al n. 1555, allo scopo di promuovere "la migliore conoscenza di Pompei, l’incremento degli studi e degli scavi pompeiani, nonchè la conservazione dei monumenti dell’antica città" (art. 2, Statuto 1955). Labels: italy, pompeii, roman empire |
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| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
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Pompeii revisited during past three centuries |
| “The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse and Redemption” will be the topic of a lecture by Kenneth Lapatin, associate curator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu, Calif., at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 11, in 100 Kirkbride Lecture Hall. More. Labels: pompeii, roman empire, scholar, united states |
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| Monday, October 12, 2009 |
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Pompeii in state of emergency * * * |
| Every year, at least 2 million people visit the Italian site and over the years the area has suffered serious decay. Today the government has declared it a state of emergency. More. Labels: pompeii, preservation, roman empire |
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Pompeii residents were extraordinary graffiti artists |
| Residents in the ancient city of Pompeii, Italy, were great graffiti artists and used to write on walls of houses, bath houses and even kitchens, according to an expert. More. Labels: pompeii, roman empire |
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| Wednesday, October 07, 2009 |
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Pompeii in pictures * * * |
| A complete photographic plan of everything at ancient Pompeii as it is today, produced by Jackie and Bob Dunn for those as enthusiastic about Pompeii as we are. More. Labels: picture, pompeii, roman empire |
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| Monday, October 05, 2009 |
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Sydney academic unearths the secret of Pompeii’s bones |
| The ruined Roman city of Pompeii continues to yield secrets, this time in a book by a Sydney University academic in the first systematic study of human bone remains. More. Labels: grave, pompeii, roman empire |
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| Friday, October 02, 2009 |
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Virtual Tour of the House of Marcus Lucretius |
| New technologies seem promising in presenting archeological material and hopefully the digital techniques can be used in the future also in more scientific context. More. Labels: entertainement, pompeii, re-enactment, roman empire |
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| Thursday, October 01, 2009 |
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A Tour of the Villa - 3D Video |
| David Fredrick, the researcher behind Digital Pompeii, was probably the only classics scholar at the game development conference in March 2009. Why would someone who studies Roman wall art and social history take up game development? Because 3-D gaming technology is especially suited to revealing the experience of daily life in ancient Roman cities. More. Labels: entertainement, pompeii, re-enactment, roman empire, scholar |
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Sydney academic unearths the secret of Pompeii’s bones |
| The ruined Roman city of Pompeii continues to yield secrets, this time in a book by a Sydney University academic in the first systematic study of human bone remains. Resurrecting Pompeii by Dr Estelle Lazer, archaeologist at Sydney University, was launched earlier this month. More. Labels: dig, grave, pompeii, roman empire |
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| Monday, September 28, 2009 |
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Pompeii exhibit nears its end in Los Angeles |
| The fantastic exhibit "Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture Along the Bay of Naples" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art will be closing soon (October 4, 2009). If you haven't seen it yet, I would heartily recommend it. More. Labels: museum, pompeii, roman empire, united states |
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| Tuesday, September 22, 2009 |
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Pompeii, Italy – The Blast From the Past |
Paul: Yesterday we took an incredible ride on the circumvesuviana – the tongue twisting train that connects the region, and comes equipped with a flux capacitor. After traveling for thirty minutes (and passing an endless stream of dilapidated Neapolitan suburbs) we arrived two thousand years back in time at Pompeii. History buffs will remember that Pompeii was a sizeable Roman town that was unfortunately located at the base of the volcano Vesuvius. On August 24, 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii beneath thirty feet of volcanic ash. 1,700 years later, Pompeii was rediscovered, proving to be an archeological find that would have left Indiana Jones speechless (but not Short Round – he would have said something funny).
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The Fragility and Fury of Pompeii |
| After waiting for the (non-volcanic) dust to settle from my assignments, readings and thesis writing, I took some time off today to visit the exhibition "A Day in Pompeii" that is now showing at the Melbourne Museum till the end of October. I have a personal interest to view this blockbuster exhibition as I have visited the site some 15 years ago in 1994 when I toured Europe as an undergraduate. If you wish, you can actually experience Pompeii online with this wonderful virtual walk through that allows you to see what is available in each gallery. Of course, nothing beats the real thing! Labels: entertainement, pompeii, roman empire |
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| Friday, September 18, 2009 |
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Archaeologist Paul Zanker to Deliver |
| NORTHAMPTON, Mass.—Paul Zanker, professor of classical archaeology at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy, will discuss the art and power of myth in Pompeii at Smith College on Tuesday, Sept 29. His talk, titled “Living with Myths in Pompeii and Beyond,” will begin at 5 p.m. in Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall. A brief reception will follow in the foyer. Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Western Massachusetts Society, the event is free and open to the public. Labels: italy, pompeii, roman empire, scholar |
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| Thursday, September 17, 2009 |
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Rivalries among associations and a riot at Pompeii |
| As I discuss at some length in my new book on Dynamics of Identity in the World of the Early Christians, members of associations could feel a real sense of belonging in the group, and at times this sense of identity could express itself in rivalries with other groups. Christians and Judeans were not the only ones involved in rivalries or tensions with other groups within society. In fact, alongside areas of cooperation, competition was an inherent aspect of life within cities in the Roman empire, and associations sometimes took part in this. Labels: pompeii, roman empire, scholar |
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| Tuesday, September 15, 2009 |
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Mount Vesuvius Introduction |
Vesuvius is the only active volcano in mainland Europe, and has produced some of the continent’s largest volcanic eruptions. Located on Italy’s west coast, it overlooks the Bay and City of Naples and sits in the crater of the ancient Somma volcano. Vesuvius is most famous for the 79 AD eruption which destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Though the volcano’s last eruption was in 1944, it still represents a great danger to the cities that surround it, especially the busy metropolis of Naples.
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| Friday, September 11, 2009 |
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Mostre, la pittura imperiale dei Cesari riconquista Roma |
Roma, 8 set (Velino) - La conoscenza della pittura di età romana è profondamente influenzata dai resti affiorati con gli scavi di Pompei ed Ercolano. Il paradosso è che le informazioni in nostro possesso sui due secoli a cavallo della nascita di Cristo sono molto maggiori di tutto quello venuto dopo. Davanti a tanta “abbondanza”, poco spazio è infatti stato riservato al mare magnum di opere e affreschi di cui sono rimasti solo pochi frammenti. A colmare questa lacuna provvede ora “Roma. La pittura di un Impero”, che dal 24 settembre al 17 gennaio sarà ospitata presso le Scuderie del Quirinale. Una panoramica a volo d’uccello su 600 anni di storia dell’arte, dal legame col mondo ellenistico del I secolo avanti Cristo all’epoca tardo-antica.
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A Tale of Two Buried Cities |
IT was mid-morning and the mid-summer sun had yet to reach its full baking glory but already the heat was shimmering across the cobblestones as they stretched away into the hazy distance ahead.
We were standing at the entrance to the Via dei Molini, one of the main thoroughfares in the ruins of the ancient city of Ostia Antica, at the old mouth of the Tiber river, about 30kms west of Rome.
Just off to the left were the fabulous columns of the Tempio di Diana….dedicated to the goddess of the hunt.
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