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Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii. Detail.
This scene depicts an apparent stage in the initiation rites of a young woman into a cult.
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Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii.
This is perhaps one of the most iconic sites amongst the ruins of ancient Pompeii. This Dionycian Frieze adorns the walls of an entire room, depicting what many scholars believe to be a cultish initiation rite, with reference to Bacchus and details of satyrs and nymphs. It looks so vivid and fresh, however this is the result of restoration work done in the early 1900s.
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Fugitive.
In the Garden of Fugitives, the remains of several Pompeians who were unable to evacuate the city, are frozen in time. The pyroclastic cloud which killed them also shrouded them in hard-setting ash, which preserved much of the organic material throughout the city (plants, food, and of course, human and animal corpses). It felt a bit impolite to take and publish this photo, but for me this moment made all the history books I'd read about 79AD more real, more relatable. These were people who loved and laughed and worked and cried, and lived, who even in their last moments were trying to protect their loved ones.
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But pleasures are like poppies spread/
You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed. - Robert Burns, "Tam O'Shanter"
Poppies in Pompeii. #remembrance #poppies #ancientcity #pompeii #AD79 #79AD #travelphotography #nature #ruins #history #flowers #red #canon #canonphotography #italy #scottishphotographer
The ancient city of Pompeii was largely preserved by the very natural disaster that destroyed it. Layers of volcanic ash protected art such as this fresco depicting Narcissus admiring his own reflection, from the garden in the House of Loreius Tiburtin. I'm sure our vain friend Narcissus here would be happy to know that his image survived #art #fresco #history #painting #narcissus #greekmythology #romanart #pompeii #italy #reflection #ancient #garden #ancienthistory #explore #canon #canonphotography #travel #travelphotography #scottishphotographer
