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From eruption to obliteration – the sights and sounds of 48 fateful hours in Pompeii | Aeon VideosBefore the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 24 August 79 CE, Pompeii was a thriving Roman port city and commercial hub near modern-day Naples, and home to an estimated 15,000 people. Closer to the mountain's base and on the other side, the nearby town of Herculaneum, estimated population 5,000, was smaller, wealthier and a popular resort for elite Romans. After the eruption, both remained buried, their memories lost to time, until they were excavated and identified in the 18th century. In the years since, the continuing excavation of their eerily preserved buildings, artifacts and human remains have given archeologists and researchers an invaluable window into ancient Roman life.The only firsthand account of the eruption comes from the author and lawyer Pliny the Younger. In his correspondence with the historian Tacitus, Pliny describes helplessly watching from nearby Misenum as the tragedy unfolds: Some wishing to die, from the very fear of dying; some lifting their hands to the gods; but the greater part convinced that there were now no gods at all, and that the final endless night of which we have heard had come upon the world. This animation, produced in 2009 for an exhibition at the Melbourne Museum, brings his harrowing words to stark and vivid life. Transporting viewers back to the morning of the eruption, the video recreates sights and sounds from that fateful day through to the following night, at which point both Pompeii and Herculaneum already lay buried deep in volcanic ash and debris.

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THE SNACK BAR OF REGIO V RESURFACES IN ITS ENTIRETY WITH SCENES OF STILL LIFE, FOOD RESIDUES, ANIMAL BONES AND VICTIMS OF THE ERUPTION - Pompeii SitesThe Thermopolium of Regio V, one of the snack bars at Pompeii, complete with an image of a Nereid riding a sea-horse, which had previously been partially excavated in 2019, re-emerges in its entirety, with other rich decorative still lifes, food residues, animal bones and victims of the eruption. The commercial structure had only … keep it going

Book explores Egyptian imagery in Roman homes | Cornell ChronicleA new book from Caitlin Barrett, associate professor of classics, explores the reasons why many households in Pompeii chose to use Egyptian imagery throughout their garden spaces.

Pompeii's recent finds reveal new clues to city's destructionFrescoes and fast-food outlets are just a few of the latest discoveries, but a small piece of graffiti is making scholars rethink the date of Pompeii's ruin.

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