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Pompeii

Found

Found in PompeiiRelief from the tomb of an organiser of gladiator games, now to be found in Musée de la Romanité, Nimes Welcome to One Word Sunday, and over to all of […]
Found

Up Pompeii

Pompeii, Italy, February 2010 And I couldn’t feature an upward view of Pompei without a clip of Frankie Howerd:   – Copyright Debbie Smyth, 2 January 2021 Posted as part […]
Up Pompeii

Vintage Pompeii

This week, Sonel asked us to take something old and give it a vintage feel.  Above you’ll see some Pompeiian columns in sepia, and below in their original technicolour. Linked […]

Beguiling Pompeii

Wordless Wednesday – on Wednesdays  all over the internet bloggers  post a photo with no words to explain it.

M is for… Mosaic

Mosaic ornamentation was widely used in the decoration of houses in Pompeii. One of highlights is the large mosaic of Alexander at the Battle of Issus, from the House of […]

V is for… Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius sits just 9 km outside Naples, glowering imposingly over all around. It is still active and experts believe a massive eruption is due some time soon.  History has […]