Peristylium (open courtyard) of the House of Caecilius Iucundus. Image credit: Emanuel Demetrescu et alPosted on 10/09/2017 9:59:57 AM PDT by BenLurkin
“By combining new technology with more traditional methods, we can describe Pompeii in greater detail and more accurately than was previously possible,” said co-author Dr. Nicolo Dell’Unto, a digital archaeologist at Lund University.
Among other things, the archaeologists uncovered floor surfaces from 79 CE, performed detailed studies of the building development through history, cleaned and documented three large wealthy estates, a tavern, a laundry, a bakery and several gardens.
In one garden, they discovered that some of the taps to a stunning fountain were on at the time of eruption — the water was still gushing when the rain of ash and pumice fell over Pompeii. They occasionally also found completely untouched layers.
In a shop were three, amazingly enough, intact windows — made out of translucent crystalline gypsum — from Ancient Rome, stacked against each other.
Peristylium (open courtyard) of the House of Caecilius Iucundus. Image credit: Emanuel Demetrescu et al
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did you see this already?
How I hate this PC crap.
Beautiful place - 2000 years ago life was pretty good.
is that a DirectTV dish ?
Even had his own satellite dish, just off the atrium.
;^)
Beautiful place - 2000 years ago life was pretty good.
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If it weren’t for the fall of Rome the Industrial Revolution may have happened well over a thousand years earlier.
Thanks for posting this. We hope to visit Pompeii in 2018.
Jealous!
Nice place!
“Beautiful place - 2000 years ago life was pretty good.”
indeed. IF you owned a bank and dozens of slaves. This house belongs to one of the elite super-rich of the city, equivalent to one of the houses that Al Gore or the Clintons own.
from 79 CE
How I hate this PC crap.
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All it means is the year 79 in the Common Era.
Nothing to with politics.
Remember: CE = Christian Era. Don’t let them win.
Nothing to do with politics...
Everything to do with politics and delegitimizing Christianity.
Everything to do with politics and delegitimizing Christianity.
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That is only in your mind and others obsessed with their “belief systems”.
Don’t inject Religion and Politics into everything. My goodness!
Baloney
I hear what you’re saying, but still gotta believe that the slaves at that place figured themselves to be pretty darn lucky.
“This house belongs to one of the elite super-rich of the city, equivalent to one of the houses that Al Gore or the Clintons own.”
Nothing has changed - except for big screen TVs.
What I’m impressed with is the level of luxury and comfort that existed 2000 years ago. In other words how advanced they were that long ago.
Everything to do with politics. AD worked just fine for 1990 or so years.....
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