Pompeii
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One of the many paintings on the walls that have survived in the ruins of the city of Pompeii, Italy.
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Dawn breaks on Mount Vesuvius View from my hotel balcony .The Grand Hotel Vesuvio – Sorrento . /
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The strange thing about the ruined city of Pompeii is that there are stray dogs everywhere, walking the streets, sleeping in the unearthed houses…
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Memories of my return to Pompeii in 2007 .
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How the 24th of August AD79 might have looked at Pompeii.
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This angel fresco was found in Pompeii, Italy, despite everything that town had gone through. This was taken on film and scanned to digital. Pompeii is a ruined and partially buried Roman city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. It, along with Herculaneum (its sister city), was destroyed, and completely buried, during a catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning two days on 24 August 79 AD. The volcano collapsed higher roof-lines and buried Pompeii under many meters of ash and pumice, and it was lost for nearly 1700 years before its accidental rediscovery in 1748. Since then, its excavation has provided an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of a city at the height of the Roman Empire. Today, it is one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Photograph featuring the streets of long lost Pompeii. This classical Roman city was both destroyed and preserved by the ash of an eruption by Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. In this photo, you can see the remains of this ancient city with ethereal clouds hovering over the horizon, an almost fantasy feel.
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This is the view from my window tonight. I was watching a Doctor Who episode set in Pompeii. This is just Melbourne, but it sounds cool.
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A slow and lazy Sun did kiss the bay / Another Sun, another Day / With Lips, the Gods did touch the earth / was yet a blessing, but so, accursed For sweet then acrid came the breath / portended so the dirge of Death / Death supped on life, and so devoured / the years of nectar, now tears of hours What fury could engorge the Earth? / The Mother, though by rights of birth, / did yet consume her young with burning air / Blacked the Sun with shame and plagued despair? “I choke the World, and I am Rage!” / “I am a Fire that Jove shall not assuage!” / “Life is a spindle that I have woven” / “And now its thread I break, unproven” The Mount, that so enraged with fury / forgot the souls, she careless buried / and though a thousand years do pass / a thousand screams of ‘gulls, / Remembers Us.
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A series of views through a doorway inside the ruins of a house in Pompeii
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Another street scene from Pompeii, the ancient Roman City destroyed by Vesuvius in AD79. This city has given the modern world a peek into the ancient. It’s both an archaelogical treasure and a tourist destination in the Napoli region of Italy. Ironically, there are more people living at the foot of that same still active Volcano than when Pompeii was buried. The latin quote translates to “Fortune Favors the bold” and is reportedly the last words of Pliny The Elder before leaving the docks of Pompeii to rescue people from the eruption. View Photos From Italy
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Location: Herculaneum, at the foot of Mt Vesuvius near Naples, Italy (2004)
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A scene from the Roman city destroyed by Vesuvius in AD 79. Today, a major tourist destination in the Napoli region of Italy, where the modern Italians, as their ancestors did, still live in the path of an active volcano. View Photos From Italy
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For the longest time I dreamed of a wild adventure in Italy. In April 2008 that dream became an extraordinary reality. Our visit to the forgotten city of Pompeii remains a highlight of our trip. The images and stories from this archaeological site will remain with me for the rest of my life. On August 24 in the year 79 A.D. the volcano Vesuvius exploded, taking the town by surprise. In just two hours the entire city of Pompeii was completely buried under a deadly shroud of ashes six meters deep. This work is small sample of the beautiful frescos that adorned the walls in the forgotten city. My understanding is they used art to communicate through pictures. In one building there was a huge picture of a dog that symbolised “beware of the Dog” .. in the Brothel a smorgasbord of positions that detailed the services that were on offer. Most were in low light with details that the years had worn away, so were difficult to capture. This one I managed to tweak in photoshop and bring back to life.
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For the longest time I dreamed of a wild adventure in Italy. In April 2008 that dream became an extraordinary reality. Our visit to the forgotten city of Pompeii remains a highlight of our trip. The images and stories from this archaeological site will remain with me for the rest of my life. On August 24 in the year 79 A.D. the volcano Vesuvius exploded, taking the town by surprise. In just two hours the entire city of Pompeii was completely buried under a deadly shroud of ashes six meters deep. This work is small sample of the beautiful frescos that adorned the walls in the forgotten city. My understanding is they used art to communicate through pictures. In one building there was a huge picture of a dog that symbolised “beware of the Dog” .. in the Brothel a smorgasbord of positions that detailed the services that were on offer. Most were in low light with details that the years had worn away, so were difficult to capture. This is another one that I managed to tweak in photoshop and bring back to life.
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A shot of the seats in Pompeii’s Small Greek Theater. The sun has dipped past the top row and you feel the age of the place sink into your bones. Pompeii, Italy / January 2006
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The ruins of the city of Pompeii in Southern Italy. Recreated gardens in some parts give a sense of the beauty that once flourished in these elaborate houses. / Pompeii was badly damaged by a massive earthquake in AD62 and the damage had not all been repaired when Mt Vesuvius suddenly erupted in AD79 killing many of Pompeii’s inhabitants and completely burying the city beneath a rain of cinders and ash. / The buried city was first discovered in 1594 and over the next 6 years as channeling work was being carried out on the river Sarno. At that time the investigation into the buried city were not extended. In 1748 however, proper excavations were started under the king of Naples, Charles of Bourbon, and ever since then have continued without a break.
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For the longest time I dreamed of a wild adventure in Italy. In April 2008 that dream became an extraordinary reality. Our visit to the forgotten city of Pompeii remains a highlight of our trip. The images and stories from this archaeological site will remain with me for the rest of my life. On August 24 in the year 79 A.D. the volcano Vesuvius exploded, taking the town by surprise. In just two hours the entire city of Pompeii was completely buried under a deadly shroud of ashes six meters deep. Remains of the day provides us with a small window into the House of Ceii, a small residence of noble appearance with tall columns and beautiful frescoed paintings. The stairway to the left led to an upper floor that was under construction at the time of the volcano’s eruption. The back wall of the inner garden featured a beautiful mural of a hunting scene. In the low light I was able to capture it and paste a copy below. / ©sooz2008
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For the longest time I dreamed of a wild adventure in Italy. In April 2008 that dream became an extraordinary reality. Our visit to the forgotten city of Pompeii remains a highlight of our trip. The images and stories from this archaeological site will remain with me for the rest of my life. On August 24 in the year 79 A.D. the volcano Vesuvius exploded, taking the town by surprise. In just two hours the entire city of Pompeii was completely buried under a deadly shroud of ashes six meters deep. Walking through the streets of Pompeii it was difficult not to get caught up in the romance and the tragedy of Pompeii’s story. It is a ghost city. It speaks to you … calls out to you … envelops you. I was captivated and didn’t want to leave. You could stay a year and still not uncover all of Pompeii’s secrets. “Speed Humps” gives us a glimpse into one of the streets of Pompeii. The “humps” in the middle of the road did not hinder the traffic .. rather they made it possible for the merchants and towns people to cross the road when it was filled with water.
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The ruins of Pompeii with Vesuvius, an iconic vista
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Vesuvius and Pompeii
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Remembering Pompeii
by Ashley NgThe Mother, though by rights of birth, / consumed her young with burning air / and blacked the Sun, so hid with shame / and plagued forever…
A poem remembering Pompeii
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For the longest time I dreamed of a wild adventure in Italy. In April 2008 that dream became an extraordinary reality. Our visit to the forgotten city of Pompeii remains a highlight of our trip. The images and stories from this archaeological site will remain with me for the rest of my life. On August 24 in the year 79 A.D. the volcano Vesuvius exploded, taking the town by surprise. In just two hours the entire city of Pompeii was completely buried under a deadly shroud of ashes six meters deep. The tragic deaths of the Pompeians has been immortalised by the casts that were created by filling the body space that was left by decomposed remains. All that remains is a humbling photograph, taken inside the Forum Olitorium, an outside area where they now store a wide variety of archaeological materials. As I peered through the iron gates, I felt saddened to see this person stored amongst the relics with the same disregard as a pair of old shoes. After all, this was once a living person who had a rich and diverse life and now, this is all that remains. (c)sooz2008
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