[Pyro7480]

A piece of a throne found in an ancient Roman settlement near Naples is shown in a photo released December 4, 2007. An ancient Roman wood and ivory throne has been unearthed at a dig in Herculaneum, Italian archaeologists said on Tuesday, hailing it as the most significant piece of wooden furniture ever discovered there. (Archaeology Superintendent of Pompeii/Handout/Reuters)

[Pyro7480]

GGG ping!

[Red Badger]

We had a wooden throne when I was a kid.......

[RDTF]

cool!

[Vaquero]

“The find of ancient wooden furniture is not an absolute novelty in Herculaneum or Pompeii. Organic materials in fact were preserved in these cities because of the peculiar way in which they were submerged by the Vesuvius volcanic mud,” said the head of the dig, Maria Paola Guidobaldi.

in the Neighborhood where I grew up in the Bronx, we had lots of Bald Guidos.

[blam]

Good find.

[VOA]

Info for Freepers:

Want to see a life-size recreation of “The Villa of Papyri”...
right here in the USA?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getty_Villa
“In 1974, Getty opened the Getty Villa as his second museum in a re-creation
of the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum, as well as incorporating
details from several other ancient sites.”

Be sure to call ahead to know when the Getty villa (not the new museum
overlooking I-405!) is open and for parking arrangements.
AND DO HURRY...before the Greek and Italian guvmints reclaim a fair
number of artifacts.

AND I do recommend the NEW Getty Center overlooking the I-405...
call and check before trying to visit.

[Sherman Logan]

I would challenge calling this a throne.

Kings sit on thrones, and the Romans were quite literally death on kings.

It is possible this was some sort of ritual object and could be called a throne, but based on some of the pictures it really looks more like a somewhat elaborate chair.

[SunkenCiv]

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[mysterio]

Wow! I have been interested in that site since I was a kid.

[bannie]

relief shows Attis, a life-death-rebirth deity

How appropriate!!!

[NYer]

Just wow! Thanks for the ping!

Plan of Villa of the Papyri, drawn by Weber showing the ancient structures and the tunnels that were made in order to recover the works of art.

Villa of the Papyri under excavation

I have visited Pompei several times but never made it to Herculaneum. From a site dedicated to what has been found in that city:

Herculaneum. House of Carbonized Furniture

Herculaneum. Carbonized wooden shutters