#mount vesuvius

[character-of-all-time]

ROUND 2: JERMA (vegas) VS MOUNT VESUVIUS (pompeii)

#tournament #now kill #f2 #jerma #jerma985 #mount vesuvius #pompeii

[illustratus]

Vesuvius Eruption at Night overlooking the Scuola di Virgilio, 1822

by Josef Rebell

#josef rebell #joseph rebell #vesuvius #art #mount vesuvius #mt vesuvius #vesuvio #volcano #volcanoes #italy #mediterranean #europe #european #eruption #eruptions #night #sky #moon #clouds #sea #moonlit #moonlight #full moon #waves #landscape #romantic #virgil #roman #ruins #naples

[blueiskewl]

Breathtaking New Frescoes Found at Pompeii

Stunning Roman frescoes have been uncovered by archeologists in Pompeii, the ancient city destroyed by an eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in the year 79 AD. Experts say the newly discovered frescoes are among the finest ever to emerge at the renowned archeological site.

The works of art line the high walls of what was once a large banquet hall. The walls themselves were painted mostly black, and the figures on the frescoes appear to emerge from the shadows. Site director Dr. Gabriel Zuchtriegel told CBS News partner network BBC News that the dark color was likely used to hide stains from the lamps that lit the hall after the sun went down.

"In the shimmering light, the paintings would have almost come to life," Zuchtriegel said.

Two pieces dominate the hall; one depicts the Greek god Apollo trying to seduce the priestess Cassandra. The second piece shows Prince Paris meeting Helen of Troy.

About a third of the "lost city" of Pompeii remains obscured by volcanic debris from the eruption almost two millennia ago. As scientists make new finds, they quickly move them to a storeroom to protect them from the elements.

The newly discovered frescoes, however, cannot be moved, so they have been protected with temporary roofing. Plaster glue is also being injected into the walls behind the artwork to stop them from falling down.

"We have a passion and a deep love for what we're doing, because what we're uncovering and protecting is for the joy also of the generations that come after us," chief restorer Dr. Roberta Prisco told the BBC, adding that the work was very stressful.

The dig site is much bigger than just the banquet hall.

Another fresco recovered from what was once one of Pompeii's grand properties had been on a ceiling, but it was smashed by the eruption that destroyed the city. Archeologists were able to lay out the pieces like a puzzle and recreate landscapes, theatrical masks, and Egyptian characters.

"This is my favorite discovery in this excavation because it is complex and rare," Dr. Alessandro Russo, co-lead archeologist on the dig, told the BBC. "It is high-quality, for a high-status individual."

In a bakery next to the grand property, the skeletons of two adults and a child were discovered.

Archeologists believe they may have been slaves who were trapped and couldn't flee the eruption, and were killed by falling stones.

"When we excavate, we wonder what we're looking at," co-lead archeologist Dr. Gennaro Iovino told the BBC. "Much like a theater stage, you have the scenery, the backdrop, and the culprit, which is Mount Vesuvius. The archeologist has to be good at filling in the gaps — telling the story of the missing cast, the families and children, the people who are not there anymore."

The team's discovery was just one of a number of recent revelations from the site, after they found other mythological-themed frescoes in early March and then, just weeks later, a construction site that was being worked on right up until the eruption.

The archeologists said near the end of March that they'd found a home construction project that was frozen in time by the eruption, with materials such as bricks and tools still piled up in the reception area of the home.

By Haley Ott.

#Breathtaking New Frescoes Found at Pompeii #Roman frescoes #Mount Vesuvius #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #roman history #roman empire #roman art

[ancientrome]

Bacchus and Vesuvius.

#i like his outfit #ancient rome #rome #roman #fresco #mount vesuvius

[burningchandelier]

No matter which one wins, everybody loses!

#I got polls this is how I am celebrating #disasters #the great fire of rome #mount vesuvius #pompeii #the black death #the plague #the donner party #cannabalism #earthquake #fire #titanic #the great molasses flood of 1919 #boston molasses flood #hindenburg #the great smog #chernobyl

[lionofchaeronea]

Vesuvius in Eruption, with a View over the Islands of the Bay of Naples, Joseph Wright of Derby, ca. 1776

#art #art history #Joseph Wright of Derby #landscape #landscape painting #landscape art #volcano #volcanic eruption #Mount Vesuvius #Bay of Naples #Italy #Italianate #British art #English art #18th century art #oil on canvas #Tate Britain

[ashintheairlikesnow]

In the ruins of Pompeii, there is a room inside a house where two men were painting on the day Mt. Vesuvius erupted in AD 79.

The master painter was at work on the fresco itself, twining vines in green, men and women looking out of the image to one side. His partner, probably an apprentice or lesser, younger painter, was laying down fresh plaster nearby. We know it was fresh because the pumice left significant pockmarks in it as it dried that we can still see today.

There are holes where a shelf stood holding the different colors of paint, in the wall just below the unfinished fresco. We found jars of paint on the floor - red green blue white yellow black. We found his tools, the brushes and the pot of lime that kept the paint wet.

He spilled lime on the painting.

We can tell that, too. It is caked clear as day over the unfinished work.

In a documentary I am watching, an Italian anthropologist discussing the moment of eruption looks to the cameraman and says, with real sincerity, "We found their tools, but we didn't find them. We hope that they ran away, that they survived."

Next door, a baker left his livestock behind when he fled. We found the skeletal remains of the animals who helped to move the millstone, but we did not find the baker.

Not that we are certain of, anyway.

I just wanted to take a moment to think about a modern Italian anthropologist looking at unfinished paintings and bread turned to stone by ash and time, hoping to himself that those people made it out in time.

We are separated by almost two thousand years, but we still have empathy for lives facing terror beyond their understanding. We still hope against hope that two painters ran out of town and made a new life somewhere else, that they escaped before the final pyroclastic flows descended.

We hope the baker moved to another town.

We recognize ourselves in what was left behind, and hope that these people - who could have been us, but for a trick of time and place - had a fighting chance to survive.

I just.

Sometimes, I love people.

I love us.

#history #pompeii #mt. Vesuvius #mount vesuvius #vesuvius #volcano #italy #people have always been people

[dyke-delphinia]

— volcanic humanity

fagradalsfjall eruption, brian emfinger / autobiography of red, anne carson / dyke (geology), sabrina imbler / pahoehoe flow, grant ordelheide / chasing the lava flow in iceland, heidi julavits / vesuvius from posillipo, joseph wright of derby / thirteen ways of talking about a volcano, gina balibrera

#parallels #web weaving #science #geology #curators on tumblr #poetry #photography #greek mythology #anne carson #nature photography #nature #volcano #writing #art #vesuvius #mount vesuvius #my posts

[archaeologicalnews]

AI is deciphering a 2,000-year-old 'lost book' describing life after Alexander the Great

A 2,000-year-old "lost book" discussing the dynasties that succeeded Alexander the Great may finally be deciphered nearly two millennia after the text was partially destroyed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and, centuries later, handed off to Napoleon Bonaparte.

The reason for the breakthrough? Researchers are using machine learning, a branch of artificial intelligence, to discern the faint ink on the rolled-up papyrus scroll.

"It's probably a lost work," Richard Janko, the Gerald F. Else distinguished university professor of classical studies at the University of Michigan, said during a presentation at the joint annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Society for Classical Studies, held in New Orleans last month. The research is not yet published in a peer-reviewed journal.

Only small parts of the heavily damaged text can be read right now. "It contains the names of a number of Macedonian dynasts and generals of Alexander," Janko said, noting that it also includes "several mentions of Alexander himself." Read more.

#archaeology #mount vesuvius #archeology #macedonian #alexander the great #AI

[the-cricket-chirps]

Andy Warhol, Vesuvius, Naples, ca. 1985

Joseph Wright, Vesuvius in Eruption, 1774

Andy Warhol, Vesuvius 365, 1985

#joseph wright #andy warhol #american art #american artist #english art #english artist #english painter #English painting #american painter #american painting #pop art #pop artist #volcano #volcanic eruption #mount vesuvius #italy #naples #aesthetic #beauty #modern art #art history #aesthetictumblr #tumblraesthetic #tumblrpic #tumblrpictures #tumblr art #tumblrstyle #artists on tumblr

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

i ended up drawing more stained glass inspired puppet history art

#puppet history #watcher #watcher entertainment #shane madej #ryan bergara #beef boy #olympic torch #spool #gay oars #vesuvius #mount vesuvius #puppet history art #puppet history fanart #my art #polycarpa #snitch on the rich #i had a lot of fun with these #especially the gay oars

[character-of-all-time]

ROUND 1: CONAN O'BRIEN (funny) VS MOUNT VESUVIUS (pompeii)

#conan #conan o'brien #pompeii #mount vesuvius #tournament #now kill #f1 #rome #ancient rome #volcano #volconan #volcanal

[illustratus]

The eruption of Vesuvius, 1794 — Circle of Camillo de Vito

#vesuvius #vesuvio #mount vesuvius #volcano #volcanoes #art #camillo de vito #camillo di vito #eruption #eruptions #volcanic #lava #fire #clouds #mediterranean #southern italy #italy #europe #european

[blueiskewl]

Archaeologists Find Pompeii Fresco Depicting Greek Mythological Siblings

In a remarkable discovery at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, archaeologists have unearthed a fresco depicting the Greek mythological siblings Phrixus and Helle.

Gabriel Zuchtriegel, the director of Pompeii Archaeological Park, described the find as a poignant reflection of history unfolding once more.

“History has repeated itself,” said Zuchtriegel, as he gave an update on excavation and restoration work. “It is a beautiful fresco in an excellent state of conservation. The myth of Phrixus and Helle is widespread at Pompeii but it is topical too. They are two refugees at sea, a brother and sister, forced to flee because their stepmother wants rid of them and she does so with deception and corruption. She [Helle] fell into the water and drowned.”

The fresco showcases vibrant colours and exquisite artistry, with Helle depicted on the verge of drowning, her face obscured by waves as she reaches out to her brother.

Zuchtriegel expressed optimism about making these meticulously preserved homes accessible to the public in the near future, highlighting the cultural and historical significance of this latest uncovering.

The ancient city of Pompeii was destroyed in AD79 by an eruption that killed more than 2,000 people. The ruins have become one of the most visited archaeological sites in the world.

The city, which attracts almost 4 million visitors a year, has come a long way since 2013, when Unesco threatened to place it on its list of world heritage sites in peril unless Italian authorities improved its preservation.

Surprises unearthed in recent months include 13 Nativity-style statuettes that provided evidence of pagan ritual traditions in the ancient Roman city and, last June, a striking still life fresco resembling a pizza that includes an item that looks suspiciously like a pineapple.

By Lorenzo Tondo.

#Archaeologists Find Pompeii Fresco Depicting Greek Mythological Siblings #Pompeii #Greek mythological siblings Phrixus and Helle #fresco #still life #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #roman history #roman empire #roman art #greek art #mount vesuvius

[just-late-roman-republic-things]

Me reading Pliny the Elder's Natural History: You silly man, that's not how eels work! Stop judging my drink choices lol!

Me reading about how Pliny the Elder had the opportunity to escape Vesuvius' eruption, but went back and lost his life trying to rescue people who were trapped:

#i might make fun of him but i really do respect him for that #it's vesuvius eruption day and i'm having Emotions #pliny the elder #pompeii #mount vesuvius

[ancientorigins]

Archaeologists from the University of Tokyo might have just confirmed a historical gem near Mount Vesuvius – the possible Villa of Augustus, where the legendary first Roman emperor, Augustus Caesar, is believed to have spent his final days.

#Augustus Caesar #villa #Mount Vesuvius #Roman emperors #Roman Empire