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Antoine<p>Vermoeiend dagje in Leeuwarden. Maar op tijd terug aan het gaan want vanavond Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii in het filmhuis in Enschede. Dus op tijd terug! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PinkFloyd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PinkFloyd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a></p>
Olga Lovick (she/her)<p>Salve lucrum… two thousand years ago, people were just as subtle as today. <a href="https://fnordon.de/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a> <a href="https://fnordon.de/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a></p>
Cornovia Postcards<p>Casa dei Vettii, Pompei, c.1905 - Richter &amp; Co Cartolina</p><p><a href="https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/casa-dei-vettii-pompei-c-1905-richter-co-cartolina-221742193.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ebid.net/uk/for-sale/casa-dei-</span><span class="invisible">vettii-pompei-c-1905-richter-co-cartolina-221742193.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Pompei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompei</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Cartoline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cartoline</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Postcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Postcards</span></a></p>
Erotic Mythology 🌹<p>Have a courageous Day of Ares aka Mars' Day aka Tuesday 🗡️</p><p>"Why, Kypris [<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Aphrodite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aphrodite</span></a>], have you, to whom the toil of war is strange, gotten yourself this equipment of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ares</span></a>?"<br>Anthologia Graeca, Epigram 9.321</p><p>🏛 Ares and Aphrodite, wall painting from the House of Meleager at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mythology</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfAres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DayOfAres</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekRomanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2013461/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2013461/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> I visited the Italian city that everyone told me to avoid — and I loved it | Travel News | Travel <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ItalianCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItalianCity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>italy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Naples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Naples</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NapoliFC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NapoliFC</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Pompei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompei</span></a>. <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TravelAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TravelAdvice</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TravelExperience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TravelExperience</span></a></p>
J.T. Aquin<p>"He didn’t run. While Pompeii burned, he prayed — not for survival, but to be heard by gods who had already turned away.” Chapter 12 from Chronicles of Time — where memory meets music. 🎧 <a href="https://www.jtaquin.shop" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.jtaquin.shop</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23History" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Pompeii" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pompeii</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ShortFilm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShortFilm</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Philosophy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Philosophy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23booksky" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#booksky</a></p>
Cornovia Postcards<p>Basilica, Tempio della Giustizia, Pompei, c.1910s - Brunner Cartolina</p><p><a href="https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/basilica-tempio-della-giustizia-pompei-c-1910s-brunner-cartolina-221742102.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ebid.net/uk/for-sale/basilica-</span><span class="invisible">tempio-della-giustizia-pompei-c-1910s-brunner-cartolina-221742102.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Pompei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompei</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Cartoline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cartoline</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Postcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Postcards</span></a></p>
George Baily<p>And here is some particularly fine marble work from a fallen bit of pediment in the forum at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a></p>
George Baily<p>Here are two statues from the same house in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a></p>
George Baily<p>Also: elephants holding up something for some reason... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FrescoFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrescoFriday</span></a></p>
George Baily<p>Loads of snake imagery in wall art at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a>:<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FrescoFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrescoFriday</span></a></p>
George Baily<p>1/-<br>One day late for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FrescoFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrescoFriday</span></a> but here are some of my pics from a recent visit to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pompeii</span></a> <br>First, some naval battles:</p>
天涯海角Oct '24<br> 📍Pompeii, Italy<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/travel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/travelphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travelphotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sony?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sony</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pompeii?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pompeii</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/italy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#italy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/history?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ruins?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ruins</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/architecture?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a>
Erotic Mythology 🌹<p>Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹</p><p>""Priapos was conceived from Zeus and Aphrodite; but Hera in a jealous rage laid hands by a certain trickery on the belly of Aphrodite and readied a shapeless and ugly and over-meaty babe to be born."<br>Suidas s.v. Priapos</p><p>🏛 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Aphrodite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aphrodite</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Priapus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Priapus</span></a> figurine with gold paint polychromy, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mythology</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfAphrodite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DayOfAphrodite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekRomanArt</span></a></p>
Erotic Mythology 🌹<p>"Like what you see? That's 5 obols for one ride."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhallusThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhallusThursday</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Satyrday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satyrday</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@phistorians" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>phistorians</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekRomanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a></p>
Daniel SwartzFrom my career as a gladiator. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pompeii?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pompeii</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/italy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#italy</a>
Archaeology News :verified:<p>Two nearly life-size funerary sculptures uncovered in Pompeii tomb</p><p>Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered two near-life-size statues in a necropolis near Porta Sarno, one of the main gates of the ancient city. The statues, a carved relief depicting a man and woman, are dated to the Late Republican period of Rome (2nd–1st century BCE) and may depict an elite couple or a priestess and a male relative...</p><p>More information: <a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2025/04/two-funerary-sculptures-uncovered-in-pompeii/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archaeologymag.com/2025/04/two</span><span class="invisible">-funerary-sculptures-uncovered-in-pompeii/</span></a></p><p>Follow <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@archaeology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>archaeology</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pompeii</span></a></p>
damian entwistle<p>Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: a thermopolium (fast food joint), in Pompeii.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pompeii</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/FastFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FastFood</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
Miro Collas<p>Life-sized relief of man and priestess found at monumental tomb – The History Blog <br><a href="https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/72840" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thehistoryblog.com/archives/72</span><span class="invisible">840</span></a></p><p>"A life-sized funerary relief of a man and a woman has been unearthed from the remains of a monumental tomb at the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii. The reliefs were carved on separate ashlars and then joined so perfectly the right foot of the man touches the left foot of the woman so it looks like they were carved from the same stone."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archeology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a></p>
Aethelflaed<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a> </p><p>Porta Sarno Necroplis in Pompeii has been excavated and two statues have been found The statues which comprise of a man and woman were part of a funerary relief. The couple are believed to have been of high status. But the female has strange symbols which indicate that she may have been a priestess of Ceres. She is also shown as wearing a necklace with a crescent moon. The man, probably her husband, is equally carved in detail. <br><a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a64378063/pompeii-statues/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">popularmechanics.com/science/a</span><span class="invisible">rchaeology/a64378063/pompeii-statues/</span></a></p>