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This weekend #History #Kitten has been reading books about #Pompeii #Rome and #spies 😻

bettanyhughes's tweet image. This weekend #History #Kitten has been reading books about #Pompeii #Rome and #spies 😻
bettanyhughes's tweet image. This weekend #History #Kitten has been reading books about #Pompeii #Rome and #spies 😻

Mother Nature held no mercy on that faitful, catatrophic day. #Pompeii . You have to see the place to believe it. One of the most fascinating historical sites I've studied and continue to research.

The Garden of the Fugitives in Pompeii stands as a haunting, frozen dialogue between life and the catastrophic power of Mount Vesuvius. In 79 AD, as scorching pyroclastic surges swept through the city, thirteen souls were captured in their final, desperate moments. These are not

UnearthedHQ's tweet image. The Garden of the Fugitives in Pompeii stands as a haunting, frozen dialogue between life and the catastrophic power of Mount Vesuvius. In 79 AD, as scorching pyroclastic surges swept through the city, thirteen souls were captured in their final, desperate moments. These are not


One of the most remarkable objects in #Pompeii is a marble table support with P. Casca Longus inscribed on it. Longus was the 1st assassin to stab Julius Caesar on #IdesOfMarch (today in 44 BC). On his death Longus’ possessions were auctioned & this table was bought by a Pompeian

pompei79's tweet image. One of the most remarkable objects in #Pompeii is a marble table support with P. Casca Longus inscribed on it. Longus was the 1st assassin to stab Julius Caesar on #IdesOfMarch (today in 44 BC). On his death Longus’ possessions were auctioned & this table was bought by a Pompeian
pompei79's tweet image. One of the most remarkable objects in #Pompeii is a marble table support with P. Casca Longus inscribed on it. Longus was the 1st assassin to stab Julius Caesar on #IdesOfMarch (today in 44 BC). On his death Longus’ possessions were auctioned & this table was bought by a Pompeian

There are many faces of women in frescoes in Pompeii but I remain mesmerised by these two in particular with their unusual blue-grey sclera. They adorned the walls of a small room in the House of Leda, #Pompeii #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026

pompei79's tweet image. There are many faces of women in frescoes in Pompeii but I remain mesmerised by these two in particular with their unusual blue-grey sclera. They adorned the walls of a small room in the House of Leda, #Pompeii 
 #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026
pompei79's tweet image. There are many faces of women in frescoes in Pompeii but I remain mesmerised by these two in particular with their unusual blue-grey sclera. They adorned the walls of a small room in the House of Leda, #Pompeii 
 #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026
pompei79's tweet image. There are many faces of women in frescoes in Pompeii but I remain mesmerised by these two in particular with their unusual blue-grey sclera. They adorned the walls of a small room in the House of Leda, #Pompeii 
 #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026

The colours of Italian liberation spotted in the frescoes of #Pompeii 🇮🇹 Wishing all Italians a very happy #FestaDellaLiberazione

pompei79's tweet image. The colours of Italian liberation spotted in the frescoes of #Pompeii 🇮🇹
Wishing all Italians a very happy #FestaDellaLiberazione
pompei79's tweet image. The colours of Italian liberation spotted in the frescoes of #Pompeii 🇮🇹
Wishing all Italians a very happy #FestaDellaLiberazione
pompei79's tweet image. The colours of Italian liberation spotted in the frescoes of #Pompeii 🇮🇹
Wishing all Italians a very happy #FestaDellaLiberazione

Closest thing to a book in #Pompeii were the separate wax tablets tied together. It is pleasing to find that most depictions of them are in the hands or homes of women. #WorldBookDay #WorldBookDay2026

pompei79's tweet image. Closest thing to a book in #Pompeii were the separate wax tablets tied together.
It is pleasing to find that most depictions of them are in the hands or homes of women.  #WorldBookDay 
#WorldBookDay2026
pompei79's tweet image. Closest thing to a book in #Pompeii were the separate wax tablets tied together.
It is pleasing to find that most depictions of them are in the hands or homes of women.  #WorldBookDay 
#WorldBookDay2026
pompei79's tweet image. Closest thing to a book in #Pompeii were the separate wax tablets tied together.
It is pleasing to find that most depictions of them are in the hands or homes of women.  #WorldBookDay 
#WorldBookDay2026
pompei79's tweet image. Closest thing to a book in #Pompeii were the separate wax tablets tied together.
It is pleasing to find that most depictions of them are in the hands or homes of women.  #WorldBookDay 
#WorldBookDay2026

Happy Easter! Life imitating art. Fresco of dish of eggs from the Praedia of Julia Felix, #Pompeii and an exhibit of eggs that astonishingly survived the AD 79 eruption in Herculaneum. 🥚🥚🥚#EasterDay

pompei79's tweet image. Happy Easter! 
Life imitating art. Fresco of dish of eggs from the Praedia of Julia Felix, #Pompeii and an exhibit of eggs that astonishingly survived the AD 79 eruption in Herculaneum. 🥚🥚🥚#EasterDay
pompei79's tweet image. Happy Easter! 
Life imitating art. Fresco of dish of eggs from the Praedia of Julia Felix, #Pompeii and an exhibit of eggs that astonishingly survived the AD 79 eruption in Herculaneum. 🥚🥚🥚#EasterDay

Such a perky little day to be on site. #Pompeii

pompei79's tweet image. Such a perky little day to be on site. #Pompeii

Only the British could visit the site of one of the most bewailed and harrowing tragic natural disastere in the annals of human pain and suffering and think… “This is the PERFECT setting for a saucy sitcom!” Salute! #Pompeii

JemRoberts's tweet image. Only the British could visit the site of one of the most bewailed and harrowing tragic natural disastere in the annals of human pain and suffering and think… “This is the PERFECT setting for a saucy sitcom!” Salute! #Pompeii
JemRoberts's tweet image. Only the British could visit the site of one of the most bewailed and harrowing tragic natural disastere in the annals of human pain and suffering and think… “This is the PERFECT setting for a saucy sitcom!” Salute! #Pompeii
JemRoberts's tweet image. Only the British could visit the site of one of the most bewailed and harrowing tragic natural disastere in the annals of human pain and suffering and think… “This is the PERFECT setting for a saucy sitcom!” Salute! #Pompeii
JemRoberts's tweet image. Only the British could visit the site of one of the most bewailed and harrowing tragic natural disastere in the annals of human pain and suffering and think… “This is the PERFECT setting for a saucy sitcom!” Salute! #Pompeii

A portion of a 1st century AD Roman fresco with the muse of astronomy and astrology named Urania, holding a globe. It was from a triclinium of the villa of Sulpicii in Moregine, Italy and is now on display in Pompeii. #fresco #pompeii #italy #astronomy #ancientrome #mosaicmonday

decimusclaudius's tweet image. A portion of a 1st century AD Roman fresco with the muse of astronomy and astrology named Urania, holding a globe. It was from a triclinium of the villa of Sulpicii in Moregine, Italy and is now on display in Pompeii.

#fresco #pompeii #italy #astronomy #ancientrome #mosaicmonday

A loaf of #Roman bread, which was being baked in an oven in #Pompeii when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79; it was carbonised by the disaster & left in the oven until being excavated nearly 1800 years later.

DrJEBall's tweet image. A loaf of #Roman bread, which was being baked in an oven in #Pompeii when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79; it was carbonised by the disaster & left in the oven until being excavated nearly 1800 years later.

The entrance to a building in #Roman #Pompeii - decorated with a beautiful monochrome mosaic #MosaicMonday #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

DrJEBall's tweet image. The entrance to a building in #Roman #Pompeii - decorated with a beautiful monochrome mosaic

#MosaicMonday #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

End of the day in #Pompeii.

pompei79's tweet image. End of the day in #Pompeii.

A #Roman glass bowl, found near #Pompeii, & made about 2000 years ago. A beautiful & colourful piece of ancient glass!

DrJEBall's tweet image. A #Roman glass bowl, found near #Pompeii, & made about 2000 years ago. A beautiful & colourful piece of ancient glass!

A #Roman glass ridged bowl, in a lovely shade of pale green. It was made about 2000 years ago & was found in #Pompeii

DrJEBall's tweet image. A #Roman glass ridged bowl, in a lovely shade of pale green. It was made about 2000 years ago & was found in #Pompeii
DrJEBall's tweet image. A #Roman glass ridged bowl, in a lovely shade of pale green. It was made about 2000 years ago & was found in #Pompeii

In Pompeii, a small shrine painted with Egyptian blue used pigment worth up to a soldier’s yearly salary, showing how color reflected wealth. #Pompeii #AncientRome #Archaeology #RomanHistory #AncientWealth Read more:ancient-origins.net/news-history-a…


And just before #InternationalWomensDay draws to a close I want to pay homage to the intrepid and intelligent women who have excavated and worked in #Pompeii in the past. I have learned from each of them and they’ve inspired me in different ways. Thank you for leading the way.

pompei79's tweet image. And just before #InternationalWomensDay draws to a close I want to pay homage to the intrepid and intelligent women who have excavated and worked in #Pompeii in the past. I have learned from each of them and they’ve inspired me in different ways. Thank you for leading the way.

**Last few days of SALE - only 99p!** Can you forge a new path from the ashes of your old life? SHADOWS IN THE ASHES – #Romans #Pompeii #gladiators #dualtime #Vesuvius   geni.us/STACC

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Can you forge a new path from the ashes of your old life?

SHADOWS IN THE ASHES – #Romans #Pompeii #gladiators #dualtime #Vesuvius
 
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"A fabulous, high stakes romantic journey through time which I thoroughly recommend!" @RachelBrimble Can you forge a new path from the ashes of your old life? SHADOWS IN THE ASHES – #Romans #Pompeii #gladiators #dualtime #Vesuvius geni.us/STACC

PiaCCourtenay's tweet image. "A fabulous, high stakes romantic journey through time which I thoroughly recommend!" @RachelBrimble

Can you forge a new path from the ashes of your old life?

SHADOWS IN THE ASHES – #Romans #Pompeii #gladiators #dualtime #Vesuvius
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Only the British could visit the site of one of the most bewailed and harrowing tragic natural disastere in the annals of human pain and suffering and think… “This is the PERFECT setting for a saucy sitcom!” Salute! #Pompeii

JemRoberts's tweet image. Only the British could visit the site of one of the most bewailed and harrowing tragic natural disastere in the annals of human pain and suffering and think… “This is the PERFECT setting for a saucy sitcom!” Salute! #Pompeii
JemRoberts's tweet image. Only the British could visit the site of one of the most bewailed and harrowing tragic natural disastere in the annals of human pain and suffering and think… “This is the PERFECT setting for a saucy sitcom!” Salute! #Pompeii
JemRoberts's tweet image. Only the British could visit the site of one of the most bewailed and harrowing tragic natural disastere in the annals of human pain and suffering and think… “This is the PERFECT setting for a saucy sitcom!” Salute! #Pompeii
JemRoberts's tweet image. Only the British could visit the site of one of the most bewailed and harrowing tragic natural disastere in the annals of human pain and suffering and think… “This is the PERFECT setting for a saucy sitcom!” Salute! #Pompeii

#MosaicMonday 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶 (The Dioscuri, Dióskouroi, “sons of Zeus”, are in Greek and Roman mythology the twin brothers Castor and Pollux.) Cubiculum with a decorative border called 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘴. #Pompeiitotpompeia.com

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𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶 (The Dioscuri, Dióskouroi, “sons of Zeus”, are in Greek and Roman mythology the twin brothers Castor and Pollux.)
Cubiculum with a decorative border called 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘴.
#Pompeii 

♾ totpompeia.com

This Man Fled Pompeii as Mount Vesuvius Erupted. Archaeologists Found Him 2,000 Years Later, Holding a Bowl to Protect His Head and a Lamp to Light His Way share.google/H3940GO552Az61… #mountvesuvius #Pompeii #archaeology


Mother Nature held no mercy on that faitful, catatrophic day. #Pompeii . You have to see the place to believe it. One of the most fascinating historical sites I've studied and continue to research.

The Garden of the Fugitives in Pompeii stands as a haunting, frozen dialogue between life and the catastrophic power of Mount Vesuvius. In 79 AD, as scorching pyroclastic surges swept through the city, thirteen souls were captured in their final, desperate moments. These are not

UnearthedHQ's tweet image. The Garden of the Fugitives in Pompeii stands as a haunting, frozen dialogue between life and the catastrophic power of Mount Vesuvius. In 79 AD, as scorching pyroclastic surges swept through the city, thirteen souls were captured in their final, desperate moments. These are not


Good as ever to see Dr Sophie Hay @pompei79 helping us to understand more about #Pompeii #Archaeology

deepinagoodbook's tweet image. Good as ever to see Dr Sophie Hay @pompei79 helping us to understand more about #Pompeii #Archaeology

La antigua ciudad de #Pompeya en #Italia!🇮🇹 #Pompeii #Napoles #Napoli

delcidjosue's tweet image. La antigua ciudad de #Pompeya en #Italia!🇮🇹 #Pompeii #Napoles #Napoli
delcidjosue's tweet image. La antigua ciudad de #Pompeya en #Italia!🇮🇹 #Pompeii #Napoles #Napoli
delcidjosue's tweet image. La antigua ciudad de #Pompeya en #Italia!🇮🇹 #Pompeii #Napoles #Napoli
delcidjosue's tweet image. La antigua ciudad de #Pompeya en #Italia!🇮🇹 #Pompeii #Napoles #Napoli

Frozen in Time: An ash corpse crawls over bodies in Pompeii, Italy. Photo by Trevor Keyler. #pompeii

MaaritJohannaH's tweet image. Frozen in Time: An ash corpse crawls over bodies in Pompeii, Italy. Photo by Trevor Keyler. #pompeii

When Spectacle Turns Violent: The Riot of 59 AD in Pompeii Let's examine the riot of 59 as depicted in a stunning scene with a number of incredible details. 🔗youtube.com/watch?v=dadueF… #AncientRome #AncientRomeLive #Pompeii

AncientRomeLive's tweet image. When Spectacle Turns Violent: The Riot of 59 AD in Pompeii
Let's examine the riot of 59 as depicted in a stunning scene with a number of incredible details.

🔗youtube.com/watch?v=dadueF…

#AncientRome #AncientRomeLive #Pompeii

Love. Survival. Disaster. Pompeii Starring Kit Harington Would you fight for love… even as the world ends? 🌋👇 #Pompeii #MovieTalk #ActionDrama

movielad11's tweet image. Love. Survival. Disaster.

Pompeii
Starring Kit Harington

Would you fight for love… even as the world ends? 🌋👇

#Pompeii #MovieTalk #ActionDrama

A #RomanGlass cup made with coloured glass rods known as ‘millefiori’ from #Pompeii. It was preserved in the AD 79 Vesuvius eruption material. Glass objects like this are luxurious things and would have been expensive. 📷 my own, Naples Archaeological Museum. #FindsFriday

KatesfWriter's tweet image. A #RomanGlass cup made with coloured glass rods known as ‘millefiori’ from #Pompeii. It was preserved in the AD 79 Vesuvius eruption material. Glass objects like this are luxurious things and would have been expensive. 
📷 my own, Naples Archaeological Museum.
#FindsFriday

#AI is rewriting the history of #Pompeii. For the first time, researchers used AI to reconstruct the terrifying final hours of a victim of the 79 AD #Vesuvius #eruption qazinform.com/news/how-peopl… @pompeii_sites #artificialintelligence

kazinform_eng's tweet image. #AI is rewriting the history of #Pompeii. For the first time, researchers used AI to reconstruct the terrifying final hours of a victim of the 79 AD #Vesuvius #eruption
qazinform.com/news/how-peopl…
@pompeii_sites 
#artificialintelligence

La 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗹'𝗘𝗳𝗲𝗯 tenia un sistema de canalització molt peculiar. 🧐 Vols saber per què? Entra a la web i assabenta-te'n de tot, tot i tot!!! ♾ totpompeia.com/casa-de-efeb/ #Pompeia #Pompeii #Història #Archaeology

TotPompeia's tweet image. La 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗹'𝗘𝗳𝗲𝗯 tenia un sistema de canalització molt peculiar. 🧐 Vols saber per què?

Entra a la web i assabenta-te'n de tot, tot i tot!!!

♾  totpompeia.com/casa-de-efeb/

#Pompeia #Pompeii #Història #Archaeology

Nearly 2,000 years later, we can finally see his face AI helped reconstruct the likeness of a Pompeii victim caught fleeing Vesuvius — coins in his pocket, a lamp in his hand, a bowl held over his head #Pompeii #Archaeology bit.ly/4d0XdkL


#SabiesQue moltes cases #Pompeia #Pompeii tenien decoracions d'escenes nilòtiques (del Nil i entorn) amb representacions de pigmeus i escenes eròtiques? La 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗹'𝗘𝗳𝗲𝗯 en té un bon exemple al triclini d'estiu. Més a : ⛲️ totpompeia.com/casa-de-efeb/ ⛲️ #història

TotPompeia's tweet image. #SabiesQue moltes cases #Pompeia #Pompeii tenien decoracions d'escenes nilòtiques (del Nil i entorn) amb representacions de pigmeus i escenes eròtiques?

La 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗹'𝗘𝗳𝗲𝗯 en té un bon exemple al triclini d'estiu. 

Més a :

⛲️ totpompeia.com/casa-de-efeb/ ⛲️

#història

🌋 The Last Days Of Pompeii: Faith, love and power in the shadow of Vesuvius 🌋 The latest issue of @HistoryExtra is out now. Read instantly on @Pocketmags Read now 📲👉 pocketmags.com/history-extra-… #HistoryExtra #History #Pompeii

Pocketmags's tweet image. 🌋 The Last Days Of Pompeii: Faith, love and power in the shadow of Vesuvius 🌋

The latest issue of @HistoryExtra is out now. Read instantly on @Pocketmags

Read now 📲👉 pocketmags.com/history-extra-…

#HistoryExtra #History #Pompeii

youtube.com/watch?v=kYJ4TK… The Last 24 Hours Mount #Vesuvius erupted violently, destroying the Roman cities of #Pompeii and #Herculaneum, along with surrounding villas. The eruption released 100,000 times the #thermal energy of the #Hiroshima #bombing. 12,000+ people died.

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For those who are wondering, this is the full fresco panel from the Casa dell’Amore Punito (House of Punished Love), #Pompeii (VII.2.23), with the correct colors. Notice the difference? #MANN 📷 me (read ALT for deets)

chapps's tweet image. For those who are wondering, this is the full fresco panel from the Casa dell’Amore Punito (House of Punished Love), #Pompeii (VII.2.23), with the correct colors. Notice the difference?  

#MANN 📷 me  (read ALT for deets)

Archaeologists just used AI to digitally reconstruct the face of a man killed in Vesuvius in AD 79. We're not just excavating the past anymore — we're rebuilding it pixel by pixel. This person has a face again after 1,947 years. #Archeology #AI #Pompeii #History

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#MosaicMonday 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶 (The Dioscuri, Dióskouroi, “sons of Zeus”, are in Greek and Roman mythology the twin brothers Castor and Pollux.) Cubiculum with a decorative border called 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘴. #Pompeiitotpompeia.com

TotPompeia's tweet image. #MosaicMonday 
𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶 (The Dioscuri, Dióskouroi, “sons of Zeus”, are in Greek and Roman mythology the twin brothers Castor and Pollux.)
Cubiculum with a decorative border called 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘴.
#Pompeii 

♾ totpompeia.com

The colours of Italian liberation spotted in the frescoes of #Pompeii 🇮🇹 Wishing all Italians a very happy #FestaDellaLiberazione

pompei79's tweet image. The colours of Italian liberation spotted in the frescoes of #Pompeii 🇮🇹
Wishing all Italians a very happy #FestaDellaLiberazione
pompei79's tweet image. The colours of Italian liberation spotted in the frescoes of #Pompeii 🇮🇹
Wishing all Italians a very happy #FestaDellaLiberazione
pompei79's tweet image. The colours of Italian liberation spotted in the frescoes of #Pompeii 🇮🇹
Wishing all Italians a very happy #FestaDellaLiberazione

Hello old friends. Good to be back. #Pompeii #Vesuvius

pompei79's tweet image. Hello old friends. Good to be back. #Pompeii #Vesuvius

Happy Easter! Life imitating art. Fresco of dish of eggs from the Praedia of Julia Felix, #Pompeii and an exhibit of eggs that astonishingly survived the AD 79 eruption in Herculaneum. 🥚🥚🥚#EasterDay

pompei79's tweet image. Happy Easter! 
Life imitating art. Fresco of dish of eggs from the Praedia of Julia Felix, #Pompeii and an exhibit of eggs that astonishingly survived the AD 79 eruption in Herculaneum. 🥚🥚🥚#EasterDay
pompei79's tweet image. Happy Easter! 
Life imitating art. Fresco of dish of eggs from the Praedia of Julia Felix, #Pompeii and an exhibit of eggs that astonishingly survived the AD 79 eruption in Herculaneum. 🥚🥚🥚#EasterDay

Closest thing to a book in #Pompeii were the separate wax tablets tied together. It is pleasing to find that most depictions of them are in the hands or homes of women. #WorldBookDay #WorldBookDay2026

pompei79's tweet image. Closest thing to a book in #Pompeii were the separate wax tablets tied together.
It is pleasing to find that most depictions of them are in the hands or homes of women.  #WorldBookDay 
#WorldBookDay2026
pompei79's tweet image. Closest thing to a book in #Pompeii were the separate wax tablets tied together.
It is pleasing to find that most depictions of them are in the hands or homes of women.  #WorldBookDay 
#WorldBookDay2026
pompei79's tweet image. Closest thing to a book in #Pompeii were the separate wax tablets tied together.
It is pleasing to find that most depictions of them are in the hands or homes of women.  #WorldBookDay 
#WorldBookDay2026
pompei79's tweet image. Closest thing to a book in #Pompeii were the separate wax tablets tied together.
It is pleasing to find that most depictions of them are in the hands or homes of women.  #WorldBookDay 
#WorldBookDay2026

One of the most remarkable objects in #Pompeii is a marble table support with P. Casca Longus inscribed on it. Longus was the 1st assassin to stab Julius Caesar on #IdesOfMarch (today in 44 BC). On his death Longus’ possessions were auctioned & this table was bought by a Pompeian

pompei79's tweet image. One of the most remarkable objects in #Pompeii is a marble table support with P. Casca Longus inscribed on it. Longus was the 1st assassin to stab Julius Caesar on #IdesOfMarch (today in 44 BC). On his death Longus’ possessions were auctioned & this table was bought by a Pompeian
pompei79's tweet image. One of the most remarkable objects in #Pompeii is a marble table support with P. Casca Longus inscribed on it. Longus was the 1st assassin to stab Julius Caesar on #IdesOfMarch (today in 44 BC). On his death Longus’ possessions were auctioned & this table was bought by a Pompeian

There are many faces of women in frescoes in Pompeii but I remain mesmerised by these two in particular with their unusual blue-grey sclera. They adorned the walls of a small room in the House of Leda, #Pompeii #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026

pompei79's tweet image. There are many faces of women in frescoes in Pompeii but I remain mesmerised by these two in particular with their unusual blue-grey sclera. They adorned the walls of a small room in the House of Leda, #Pompeii 
 #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026
pompei79's tweet image. There are many faces of women in frescoes in Pompeii but I remain mesmerised by these two in particular with their unusual blue-grey sclera. They adorned the walls of a small room in the House of Leda, #Pompeii 
 #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026
pompei79's tweet image. There are many faces of women in frescoes in Pompeii but I remain mesmerised by these two in particular with their unusual blue-grey sclera. They adorned the walls of a small room in the House of Leda, #Pompeii 
 #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026

This weekend #History #Kitten has been reading books about #Pompeii #Rome and #spies 😻

bettanyhughes's tweet image. This weekend #History #Kitten has been reading books about #Pompeii #Rome and #spies 😻
bettanyhughes's tweet image. This weekend #History #Kitten has been reading books about #Pompeii #Rome and #spies 😻

Such a perky little day to be on site. #Pompeii

pompei79's tweet image. Such a perky little day to be on site. #Pompeii

Two #Roman gladiator metal leg greaves, both decorated with religious imagery. The one on the left has the image of Minerva, with a shield & about to throw a spear; on the right, the image of a seated Venus. Both were found in #Pompeii & used in the arena about 2000 years ago.

DrJEBall's tweet image. Two #Roman gladiator metal leg greaves, both decorated with religious imagery. The one on the left has the image of Minerva, with a shield & about to throw a spear; on the right, the image of a seated Venus. Both were found in #Pompeii & used in the arena about 2000 years ago.

A loaf of #Roman bread, which was being baked in an oven in #Pompeii when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79; it was carbonised by the disaster & left in the oven until being excavated nearly 1800 years later.

DrJEBall's tweet image. A loaf of #Roman bread, which was being baked in an oven in #Pompeii when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79; it was carbonised by the disaster & left in the oven until being excavated nearly 1800 years later.

When Spectacle Turns Violent: The Riot of 59 AD in Pompeii Let's examine the riot of 59 as depicted in a stunning scene with a number of incredible details. 🔗youtube.com/watch?v=dadueF… #AncientRome #AncientRomeLive #Pompeii

AncientRomeLive's tweet image. When Spectacle Turns Violent: The Riot of 59 AD in Pompeii
Let's examine the riot of 59 as depicted in a stunning scene with a number of incredible details.

🔗youtube.com/watch?v=dadueF…

#AncientRome #AncientRomeLive #Pompeii

And just before #InternationalWomensDay draws to a close I want to pay homage to the intrepid and intelligent women who have excavated and worked in #Pompeii in the past. I have learned from each of them and they’ve inspired me in different ways. Thank you for leading the way.

pompei79's tweet image. And just before #InternationalWomensDay draws to a close I want to pay homage to the intrepid and intelligent women who have excavated and worked in #Pompeii in the past. I have learned from each of them and they’ve inspired me in different ways. Thank you for leading the way.

A #Roman glass bowl, found near #Pompeii, & made about 2000 years ago. A beautiful & colourful piece of ancient glass!

DrJEBall's tweet image. A #Roman glass bowl, found near #Pompeii, & made about 2000 years ago. A beautiful & colourful piece of ancient glass!

A cat chilling amongst the #Roman ruins of #Pompeii - seemingly unimpressed by the historical significance of its surroundings! #RomanSiteSaturday

DrJEBall's tweet image. A cat chilling amongst the #Roman ruins of #Pompeii - seemingly unimpressed by the historical significance of its surroundings!

#RomanSiteSaturday

The entrance to a building in #Roman #Pompeii - decorated with a beautiful monochrome mosaic #MosaicMonday #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

DrJEBall's tweet image. The entrance to a building in #Roman #Pompeii - decorated with a beautiful monochrome mosaic

#MosaicMonday #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

A chink of light falls across the wall of the caldarium (hot room) in the women’s section of the Stabian baths in #Pompeii.

pompei79's tweet image. A chink of light falls across the wall of the caldarium (hot room) in the women’s section of the Stabian baths in #Pompeii.

Good morning from #Pompeii.

pompei79's tweet image. Good morning from #Pompeii.

End of the day in #Pompeii.

pompei79's tweet image. End of the day in #Pompeii.

A portion of a 1st century AD Roman fresco with the muse of astronomy and astrology named Urania, holding a globe. It was from a triclinium of the villa of Sulpicii in Moregine, Italy and is now on display in Pompeii. #fresco #pompeii #italy #astronomy #ancientrome #mosaicmonday

decimusclaudius's tweet image. A portion of a 1st century AD Roman fresco with the muse of astronomy and astrology named Urania, holding a globe. It was from a triclinium of the villa of Sulpicii in Moregine, Italy and is now on display in Pompeii.

#fresco #pompeii #italy #astronomy #ancientrome #mosaicmonday

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