What are the newest discoveries at Pompeii?
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- Join @DariusArya for a walk inside Pompeii, including a trip to REGIO V, with new, amazing discoveries. You'll also visit the newly opened Antiquarium, Pompeii's own on site museum, for amazing artifacts from the site, many on display for the first time.
0:00 Introduction
1:13 Pompeii's Forum
1:27 The Basilica of Pompeii
1:59 The streets of Pompeii
2:44 New discoveries in Regio V
5:00 Villa of the Mysteries
6:04 Villa of Diomedes
6:47 House of the Ceii
7:41 The new Antiquarium
Special thanks for @PompeiiSites79dc for the hospitality and access. You can plan a wonderful visit and stay up to date by visiting pompeiisites.org/en/
The site also features links to related museums and sites in the shadow of Vesuvius, which we will visit in upcoming videos!
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UK - I am 85 and have travelled the wide world, yet I always wanted to visit Pompeii , just never got around to it, I thought my travelling days were over, until Christmas 4 yrs ago, my daughter gave me an envelope which I thought was a Christmas card, It was a first class flight to visit Pompeii and accommodation overlooking the Bay of Naples, my son in law took me and everything was planned like a dream, it was an amazing experience, that is why I am watching the latest finds. Thank you.
What a wonderful gift, thank you for sharing that story.
I say "BRAVO"!!!
So wonderful! We do hope to return to Pompeii to share more. In the meantime we will share more in-depth videos on new aspects of Pompeii.
Lucky man !
My god what a clever daughter.
I was in Pompeii 20 years ago, and none of this was excavated. Amazing that they are still digging up wonderful treasures after all this time
This is amazing, my mother and I visited Pompeii 45 years ago and none of this was discovered at that time. What beautiful architecture and relics.
@@lindagadde7301 me too....Time to go back
YOU MEAN THEY HAVE BEEN COVERING IT UP FOR 20 YEARS HUH ? JUST JOKING ABOUT FAKE HISTORY AND ALL ITS MISCONCEPTIONS TOO.
It was delightfully messy .....like ruines should bé! So manicured now and aaagh all those masked idiots.
and a lot of great conservation work! That is the major focus these days!
I visited Pompeii in 1965. I was young, fascinated, but lacked the maturity and education to comprehend what I was seeing. I’ve always longed to go back and see the extraordinary changes. The scenes in your video are vast, whereas in 1965 there was so little excavation, and discoveries compare to today. Thanks for the journey.
Yes, I agree, there are many places I visited as a younger man and even as a child, which I feel I need to go again to fully appreciate the things i saw
1965----that's ancient history -you need to go back...!
This is the year i was born Haha, you need to go back i am my Dad's from Calabria so i really need to go back too i love the history magical!! You walk where all theses people where before us that's unreal in its self..
Thanks for watching !
I visited when I was six yrs old in 1966 and was utterly captivated, especially by the petrified dog and people. We also went up to the crater of Vesuvius in a rickety chair lift. Would not be allowed with our modern day health and safety. I was so excited as a 6 yr old and my Mum was trying to stop me leaning out of the chair lift too far as I was looking around so much and shifting around in the tiny chair. Much braver than I am now!! I longed to go back and did so for my second honeymoon in 2013 and it was amazing to see how much larger it was. Amazing place. I love it so much and appreciate the conservation which is going on there.
I took my mom when she was 75, with a wheelchair, it was her life time ambition! we made it, she loved it, we'd love to go again, she's now 81!!!
My late husband grew up in Naples. He visited Pomoey many times.
We were going to go see it together, but he passed away before we could..
He said it was a truly amazing place.
MANY CONDOLENCES TO YOU ,
When you finish your mourning period, give me a call. I was there studying architecture after college, but I'd lov.e to return, and show you around
My condolences for your loss. I hope you evebtually made it there!
What a debt of gratitude we all owe the conservationist around the world. Thank you
In 2010 we decided to go to Europe...from Australia. We asked out teenage sons where they wanted to go..Pompei was one those places. We loved it.
I would love to go there. I would need a house there, as I would not be allowed back in vicdanistan, even if I am pureblood.
Visited Pompeii in 2015 with my husband and young daughter who'd just completed her Higher School Certificate in Sydney. She was very jet lagged and tired, but it was a delight to watch her face light up as she stood in this ancient place. She had just completed an exam paper on ancient Pompeii so was very excited to see it in "the flesh". She almost knew as much as the tour guide, as well as some other snippets the tour guide had forgotten. Had the best holiday!😁🐨🦘
What does the high school paper got to do with it? Lol ! Relax. She didn't discover the cure for cancer, it's just a paper saying she went to high school. Aussies' typical bragging for no reason. The sort of parents who post on social media just to brag about! "MY 17 yo daughter Olivia cut her cucumber with our new Jamie Oliver knives and made her first salad !"
Sounds wonderful plus seeing things through your kid’s eyes. 👍
@@fredziffle5219 it does indeed.
I was just to Pompei with Ef tours. We had 34 students, teachers and adults. It is most amazing. Worth seeing. They are still discovering new areas. Love this area.
In 1955 my parents took the four children to Pompeii. I was very young but my memory of walking down an excavated street, noting areas where untold hands wore down the stone and feeling prickles in the back of my neck because of Vesuvius looming in the background. I remember the casts in the museum of human bodies and feeling absolute horror at their twisted forms. My 6 year old imagination was actively reliving their experiences. I imagine how much better the city is after 65 more years of excavation and restoration. It must be extraordinary
My father went to Pompeii around the very late 1940's. He was in the Marines after WWII and was part of a group to rebuild infrastructure in Italy. He's long gone now so I can't ask him about his experience there. He did purchase a charcoal drawing of what some of Pompeii looked like at that time. I still have it and I cherish it. There are so many things I now wish I could ask my parents and grandparents, etc.
Our dad took us to see a movie about the last days of Pompeii, I was about five & I remember the fear too, such a horror.
We hope you enjoyed the video!
I went to the fabulous Pompei some years ago. It was the most atmospheric, vibrant and mystical place I have ever been. Yet at the same time you could feel and see that it had been a real and lively community - a prosperous, happy and civilised place to live. Loved and laughed at the ancient speed bumps on the granite roads - still in place, to slow down the boy( chariot) racers going too fast! Nothing about human behaviour ever changes!!
Would love to revisit but sadly ill health won’t allow- so glad I got to go there.
and the whole place was ra! and destroyed by G.!: they were playing and eating and drinking before the destruction so also pearl harbour they were playing early rounds of golf...
I have been to the sight if the seven wonders of the ancient world. I would dearly love to go too pompeii
Buried for a reason
Astounding, seems archeology is enjoying a new golden age.
I'm 71 and I traveled around the world also n when in Italy Pompeii was just about being dug up. The 2 best countries i loved is Italy n Greece. Loved walking on the ground of these great civilizations
I always wanted to visit but never did.Now I am disabled and cant.I have always been fascinated and somewhat saddened by what happened.It would have been different now.Most would have escaped.I am delighted your continuing to uncover these beautiful buildings from the past and it’s the best information you have of what time was like in a place full of people from rich and poor .It is so valuable to history .It must be wonderful finding new homes with the paintings ,the gardens with the pools inside and out.Before we could only imagine what life was like for the Romans.You have a priceless treasure with Pompeii 🥰
I am not sure what your disability is but there are many parts of the Pompeii that are accessible for the disabled. If not The archaeological museum of Naples which holds all the most important treasures and artifacts of Pompeii is highly accessible for the handicapped. I hope you get the chance to see in person Pompeii, one of the ancient wonders of the world.
Did 2 weeks Italy in September 2010. Took the train out of Rome south and stopped at Herculaneum. Continued south to overnight in Sorrento. The next morning we took the train back north and stopped at Pompeii. Was truly one of the most magical 48 hours of my life.
I was in Pompeii in 1994 & 2005 completely enthralled, breathtakingly beautiful. There is no place like Italy -Viva Italia & baci !! My bucket list is to get back there again!
A great up date. Ancient Roman historical sites are fantastic. I have been fortunate to have visited Pompeii twice, in 1993 and 2007, the equally fascinating Ostia Antica (far less visitors than Pompeii gets, so much quieter and only 30 minutes by train from Rome), also in 2007, Hadrian's Villa in 2017 and Roman sites in the UK (1987 and 1997), Morocco (2005) and Malta (2014).
Ostia Antica is where I live....the escavations site is regularly visited all year around with picks during the summer....😀
@@patriziapreite8875 I agree about Ostia Antica. A good day out is to use the one train line to visit St Paul's without the Walls (with a small archaeological site), then Ostia Antica, then modern Ostia - for an Australian, that's mostly to be amazed at what Europeans consider a beach.
Thank you so much! We will have more Pompeii videos in the coming weeks. We already have a series on Ostia on our TH-cam channel. Please enjoy them! (We need to go back and do more videos there!)
We also enjoyed Ostia Antica when we were there years ago. The mosaics were beautiful.
🇦🇺 We used Ostia Antica as our base for our week in Rome in 2007. What an amazing village. We stayed withing the walled medieval village a short walk from the train station and what an experience. The history centered around the fortress, the Roman Catholic Chapel established in 450 AD surrounded by a pilgrims grave yard and the village within the walls itself which were the primary residence for the Bishops of Rome. The fortress was used by the Pope in 1550 AD as his summer residence following a storm caused the mouth of the Tigress further along the coast and the castle ceased being used to protect the city. The Ostia Antica ruins were in remarkably good condition and the whole town strewn with structures and building rubbles of ancient Rome.
If anyone decides to explore this remarkable region near Rome, within the narrow cobbled streets of the walled village ( Circa 1100 AD ) there is a small coffee shop that makes the best hot chocolate in all of Italia, supperb.
The wife and I just got from a trip to Italy. My son lives in Naples and we went to Pompeii. Absolutely awesome. A place that has to be visited!
I visited Pompeii several years ago, but also Herculanum and the nearby Villa Oplontis, owned by Emperor Neros second wife and with a long pool. And the last, I think are much more interesting, as they are much more well preserved, being covered by boiling mud from Vesuvius and showing the upper class housing compared with Pompeii.
just beautiful
Herculaneum was so fantastic. I truly felt like I was back in time
I've always been fascinated with Italy I've even done a brochure of Italy when I was in elementary seems like a beautiful place.
It would be great to have a VR/AR version of Pompeii to see, while touring the town. Imagine being able to pop on goggles to view reconstructions of buildings and gardens as they would have appeared then, with people in their period outfits. In the distance, looking at Vesuvius, you could see it throw out boulders and ash.
We loved Pompeii. The new discoveries are breath taking and just waiting for my husband and I to see them first hand. Thank you for the most interesting, educative video I have watched in a long time. Keep them coming
The first time I went abroad from Malta, must have been 1976, it was aboard a ship which took us to Sicily. We took a train, which eventually got onto a traghetto that sailed to the foot of Italy. The train disembarked from the traghetto (a specialised ship) and took us to Naples. Therefrom we hit Capri' and Pompeii. We were undergraduate students in our late teens with special passes to save us money when visiting sites and museums. My sensations have stayed curiously unchanged since that time in one respect at least. The more ruins I see, the more that comes to light through restoration, the deeper my sadness due to my ever increasing awareness of the monumental losses the ancient world has been subjected to through a whole range of disasters, both natural and man-made. In the case of Pompeii, Vesuvius, in that of the Coliseum, the Pope and so on. So, visiting these places is something I hardly do anymore. Anyway, I am 65 now and I have changed in certain ways though not others.. Before I used to feel so sad every time a plane touched down. Had it been up to me, I'd have stayed up in the sky forever. Nowadays I can't even bear to look at a plane. The waiting, the checking, the discomfiture, the press of people - can't imagine anything much worse except perhaps Poe's Red Death. However one place that I'd like to see with my own eyes ere their vision becomes black is that of Baalbek in Lebanon.
I visited Pompeii 5 times in 2004 - 2008.
I recommend reading a few books on Pompeii beforehand. The experience will be much stronger then.
Absolutely! We have a series of Pompeii articles with bibliography by our PhD editor- go over to ancientromelive.org
I'm desperate to visit.
That, and visiting the museum in Napoli where almost all artifacts from Pompeii are exhibited. Unfortunately, the museum was closed during the two days we were in Napoli. I really enjoyed that city. The streets are similar to what would've been in Pompeii; shops on ground floor, living quarters above, narrow, pedestrian-only streets, although the buildings were not so tall in Pompeii. I have a book of what Pompeii looked like before the eruption and I took it with me for reference. It makes you realize not only how bad the devastation was, but how beautiful this town was.
@@AncientRomeLive I will definitely check that out. I've been obsessed with Pompeii ever since I found my mother's books on it when I was only five year's old.
I love that I just stumbled on your channel! My great-Aunt was an archaeologist and the stories she could tell!
It's amazing how well preserved some sites at Pompeii are
They restored many areas of Pompeii.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! TOTALLY AWSOME!!!! A MUST WATCH!!!!
Thanks for watching. You definitely need to peruse our videos- esp the new Via Appia series.
NO !! I just yelled out loud and scared the dog !! Those pictures of the dog etc were unbelievable !! Going back to vid, thanks so much. Pat. America
What an amazing job! A true and felt tribute to life in Pompei. The music, the narration, the deep respect and genuine wonder and depth of the narration made this video such a pleasent and informative experience. Thank you, Darius!
It is a show that REALLY DESERVES TO BE VISITED ... walking and looking around you, you will feel like you are identifying with the place ... crazy. Fantastic place... then if you use a little imagination trying to think of that time when many people walked to shop, to work, to live ... incredible sensation really.
I visited Pompeii 4 years ago. Fascinating, the historical preservation work is mind boggling. Beautiful frescos and mosaics. What I wasn't prepared for was the castings of some people who perished, agony on their faces. Gasping for breath it seemed.
PLEASE KEEP US UPDATED ON YOUR DISCOVERIES!!!! THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT !!!!!
Will do!
So incredible to see all of that and to see things as people saw them a couple thousand years ago. That was amazing thank you!!
What a fantastic video! Stunning images and wonderful narration! Bravo papà😍
This is so Amazing. The artwork..mosaic floors and its being restored. My brother went to Pompeii 40 years ago.
Thank you for the video.
What a beautiful landscape, I'm sure they loved life there!
Pompei is a magical place to visit. I was fortunate to visit twice, and, it didn't cease to amaze me. I lot of the buildings looked new because they had recently been rebuilt in areas due to previous damage from earthquakes. A wonderful place to see.
We visited about 10 years ago and so much has been discovered since we were there! I want so badly to go back and see it all again! Hope to do it soon!
Thank you for these fastenating documentary on Pompeii. If more should develope please don't hesitate to share. Thank you for your toil.!
..the one thing we said when we left, "..got to go back.." what an amazing place.. thankyou for sharing this 🙂
A few years ago I was lucky enough to take a trip to Italy which included a stop in Pompeii where I had a great tour with an archeologist there. It was fantastic! The place is much bigger than I had imagined, and, of course, more is being discovered. Over 20,000 people lived there before the eruption.
Absolutely spectacular!
GRAZIE - more Pompeii on the way next week!
Still amazed about this time capsule. And so much more to discover. The gift that keeps on giving!
Beautifully produced, elegantly narrated. A real pleasure, Monsieur.
I went there in Sept. 1988 and it wasn't not very crowded with tourists. I do not remember seeing anybody doing restoration work. We got lost one day and I started freaking out and found myself running down a street. It was so strange because it felt like aI had tapped into the time of the great eruption and I felt the panic. I have beautiful pictures of the city at sunrise. It was a wonderful experience
Great video. Thx. I've been to a brothel once in my life, it was in Pompeii. :-) What a beautiful city. It was crazy to see massive slabs of marble used as doorsteps.
I was lucky enough to see Pompeii some decades ago. Absolutely amazing!
Wonderful information with a wonderful soundtrack. I felt like an opera was about to begin.
I was astonished to hear the music at the end of this film. It is a version the Finnish "Säkkijärven polkka", which is very famous in Finland. In the war time the Finnish radio transmitted it continuously for several days in order to disturb the Russian transmissions they used to detonate radio-controlled mines.
I was going to comment that it sounded like "Säkkijärven Polkka," too! I briefly searched to see if there was some Italian connection to this Finnish folk song (haven't found anything yet).
My thoughts exactly - had no place supporting this documentary - kept thinking Buster Keaton was going to come dashing in
And it's annoying. Next time, maybe no music is the way to go.
My partner and I went there a number of years ago, staying quite close to the site (walking distance), and we spent 3 days scouring that place, and its wonders. Following on from that, the archaeological museum in Naples. It really was a bucket list trip... we want to return
Are there good/decent accommodations near the site?
Outstanding presentation. This has been a dream destination for me all of my life.
Maravilloso vídeo. Increíbles imágenes!!!... Estuve allí hace 20 años y ha avanzado tanto el proceso de restauración que quiero verlo de nuevo. Gracias a los que nos dan la oportunidad de conocer los nuevos trabajos a través de este vídeo, y principalmente gracias a todos los arqueólogos y personal que hacen un trabajo tan intenso y delicado.
Just with the images, it add reason for Pompeii to be on my bucket list!
YES! Next week we'll show a new video of sites NEAR Pompeii that the archaeological park has asked us to promote.
At 6:12, how may ancient Pompeiians walked down those very same steps!? How cool is that!?
beautiful! thanks for posting this.
Astonishing, great tour and loved the shots at the end showing the town, not just individual houses.
What also amazes me is how colorful the ancient past really was.
I visited back in 1978 while in the US Navy. It's amazing how much more has been excavated. It's a wondrous place to visit.
I was there too at that time; serving on the USS Independence. Loved that area and all of Italy. I've wanted to go back there for a long time.
I visited with my 3 sisters in 2014 and it was just as amazing and breathtaking as I had imagined! Can’t wait to return someday.
I have always wanted to visit since a child, did it 5 years ago...and loved it. What I found particularly fascinating was the vibrancy of the colour of wall paintings. So so much to see, so another trip is a must.
Was just there last month. I couldn't believe how big it is... seriously. If you want to see it all you need a solid 2 days to explore this area, I feel like we cut ourselves short by what we saw and realizing how much more there is to it. I can remember when teachers talked about it when I was a kid, I always for some reason thought it was a small area.... it's not.
You need to come back- more than a lifetime is necessary!
I was 15 years old, it was 1973 and I was travelling all over Europe on my own, from Finland in the north to Greece in the south and I also visited Pompeii, seeing this I believe there has been a bit of development. 😉 I would love to go back!
Yes you will find it in pristine shape- tons of houses open and conservation work everywhere! Go back!
You travelled alone at 15 ?
Beautiful
I dropped in for a visit years ago, totally unprepare. Amazing. Recently I borrowed Great Courses Pompeii from local library, learned much much more from those dvds, fantastic!
We visited Europe from Australia in May 2019 and went to Pompeii and absolutely loved it. The chariot wheel tracks in the stone roads are incredible. Such a great place to visit.
Glad to hear that finally something is being done to protect the buildings. I especially hope that the fragile two-story structures still held together by the original wooden timbers of nearly 2,000 years ago will receive protection from the elements which otherwise will ultimately rot the wood. Thanks for the tour of the newly discovered tavern. I would have really enjoyed this video if it weren't for the incredibly annoying music.
Oh I’m glad someone else found it irritating, wasn’t it dreadful
I thought the traditional music of Stefano Civetta was complementary which added another dimension to my watching experience. But then, I'm from the central Mediterranean.
I found the happy music while showing the cast shapes of the deceased really tasteless. Something a bit more toned down would be appropiate. Unfortunately I haven't been to Pompeji and Herculaneum yet, I hope I will one day. But I've seen an exhibition about 17 years ago, with some of the cast shapes and I felt so sorry for these people as you could see their struggles. I especially remember seeing the cast of a toddler. I wept.
Stunning!
I visitedPompeii in summer before Covid. It was a particularly hot, very hot summer. There was a heat wave. I can say I not just saw the site, but experience the feeling of being cooked alive. They have all petrified bodies behind iron bars. The frescos are precious, statues at the fertility house are very interesting. Frescos at the market showed actually the painting of goods with prices. The guide told us so many slaves bying for their masters were non italian speaking they needed to show it that way. Very amazing site.
We were just there last October 2021 and didn’t get to see all. It’s a huge area. Hope to go back again and visit.
I had no idea how large it was either! I visited in 2016. 🌋
I was in Pompeii 2010 and enjoyed every minute of it. The thing I remember the most were the "streets" of stone. You could still see the grooves in the stones that the chariot wheels made. Also the placement and visual impact the larger stones made at the point of what we would call today "a crosswalk". The stone streets are recessed and the large stones at the "crosswalks" are separated. I made the assumption that was so the chariot wheels could pass. I also assumed the recessed streets and separation of "crosswalk" stones was so water and sewage could run freely. You can see some of what I am describing in this video. The entire place was amazing.
Thats a lot of chariot travel to carve out the rock like that.
We were there , unfortunately a hurried visit . I remembered the smooth rocks that made up the streets in Pompeii were similar to the Rocks on the Appian Way in Rome , Large, like the back of a sea turtle.
The timeless beauty of stone and italian craftsmanship got to me when being back home in the US. We build using rebar and concrete.
The recessed street level was because of the street doubling as sewage
@@jpdj2715 Yes, as I noted that in my comment.
Just loved this!
My wife and son took me to the Pompeii exhibit at the Reagan Library a few years back as a Father's day gift. I learned a lot. I'd like to see the real thing someday. I love old architecture.
Went to Pompeii in 2019 l loved it. I would love to go back some time.because I don’t see everything.
WAITING to go there again!
YES
I visited Pompeii twenty years ago and I see how different is now , love this old city and I hope to go back there one more time .
Going to Rome this fall, Pompeii is on the list.
Darius, your passion in Roman history you showed along these years is a clear example for us all (expecially italians). Thanks.
(Cortesemente, se puoi, chiedi alle amministrazioni locali di migliorare un pò l'area intorno Pompei. Magari se glielo chiedi tu lo fanno).
Thanks so much! Si ho visto c’è molto da fare negli intorni… ma- much progress!!!
Well narrated, filmed, and edited. Music zesty. Thank you Darius.
THANK YOU
Loved the video found music extremely irritating
@@chriswar535 what would you suggest differently?
I was thear in 1968 Boy thear is a lot of new things to see thanks for your Vido
Pompeii is must go to for anyone visiting Italy, it’s like stepping back in time
I have been to both Pompeii and Herculaneum and I think I prefer Herculaneum as the site was better preserved due to the material that covered it. Both sites are really well worth visiting. I suggest you visit in the morning as it gets really hot in the afternoon
Another work of art. Looooooved the music.
THANK YOU
My family is from Naples and this is such a wonderful experience to see! Someday I hope to visit Pompeii.
This is just amazing and our host narrated it so well.
we were there in 2010. It was amazing. One needs to block time like 4 blocks of 4 hours each, good shoes, umbrella for the sun, cameras and a notebook for the notes and history, a guide ( maybe) and lots of breathing and touching of the amazing constructions of 200 years BC. After 4 hours, we felt saturated with the experience and needed a break. My daughter grabbed an entrance of a house and said : " Look momma, I am holding a house that is 2200 years old. I can't believe it." She was more excited than me! 13 years old 🙂I was mostly impressed with the baths. They had the cold bath pool and the hot bath pool, alternating from one to the other. In 2021, people start realizing the benefits of the so called " cold showers". They also have a restaurant that was so well preserved, it was unreal. The mosaics and colors were absolutely breathtaking. Bright colors that lasted 2200 years!!
We were at Pompeii in July 2021. So many things were closed to public view. I sure hope that these new discoveries will be open to the public
We filmed in July! We found a lot open/ but Covid has had its effect on the openings.
Imagine how a flu prevents you from visiting some place that was covered in volcanic spice
That was to keep the skeletons and ghosts from getting covid19 and having to isolate for 2 weeks.
@@SteveVi0lence Thousands of people died of COVID in Italy. Show some fucking respect.
Been to Pompeii twice and Herculaneum once...but to be honest, you could keep coming back here and still never see everything of interest! Fascinating, unique experience. Don't forget to visit the archaeological museum in Naples though, where many of the most beautiful finds from Pompeii over the centuries are preserved!
It was spectacular and sobering!
It is good too see that preservation work is being done here. Ten years ago when I was there nothing, or maybe one house, was protected. Most of the site was open to the elements even famous mosaic flooring.
It is a great moment for preservation and discovery! I’m so pleased to see all the work!
@@AncientRomeLive I'm 70 and I have mobility issues with my knees is there anyway someone who has long desired to see the ancient ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum able to do so who have handicap issues?
Incredible, thank you for this video. What strikes me is the image of Roman cities I have in my mind from so many films is one of rather pure white, marble buildings and the reality is they were very richly decorated with frescos in a multitude of colours. Quite garish actually. I suppose it was a way to signal your wealth.
Astonishing and unprecedented. What an amazing historical artifact. So much to learn about the ancients in this tragedy but for posterity a boon. Let's
glean as much as is possible before the modern world encroaches and ultimately destroys, for the second time. FLAXEN SAXON.
Great tour, lovely music. Cheers Rosemary Perth Western Australia (71 yrs)
My paternal grandmother’s maiden name was Secondo. She and her family lived just outside Naples in a village called Amo Rosa. To see the House of Secundi at Pompeii blew my mind! Could I have Pompeiian blood in me? I’ll never know but it’s cool thinking I might.
The surviving refugees of Pompeii did indeed flee across the bay to the Neopolis (New City) AKA Naples !
Your channel is awesome. I love Italy and have been here twice in the last two months - from Chicago and working remote. Been here a lot and there is so much to see. I love the Capitolinr and Borghese museums. If you had to pick two others - which ones would you choose (in Rome)? Now that you need reservations I would love your thoughts.
That’s cool. I assume you’re American. How did you manage the time difference? I’d love to leave America but I can’t
@@picassotamarin December is a bit slow in my line of work - but 5pm at home is midnight Rome so that was worse case. Worked out great.
Palazzo Massimo without any doubt. Incredible mosaics and frescoes collection.
@@andreacolombo9795 back in march - it’s on the list!
Absolutely fascinating!
Great video. Great new stuff to see! Love the Chimera mosaic
I was there in 1983. There seems to be a lot more to see now.
An understatement!!! Yes go back! We will share more videos shortly
I was there on a tour in 1977 while in the military. While on the tour, we were walking along the cobblestone road and we stopped in front of what used to be businesses. The tour guide pointed to the road. There was a phallus there carved into the rock on the road. It was pointing to one of the businesses. He said evidently the apothecary who had the business next door to the whorehouse got tired of them knocking on his door and so he carved in the street the phallus so they wouldn't bother him anymore. True story.
No, non è così, il simbolo fallico nell'antica Pompei era semplicemente un portafortuna, un amuleto contro il malocchio e un augurio di prosperità, ed era presente in molti dipinti e utensili usati quotidianamente nelle case degli antichi pompeiani, poi col passare dei secoli e con il cristianesimo e la chiesa la forma del fallo assunse la forma dell'attuale "cornetto rosso", che puoi acquistare ancora oggi in molti negozi italiani e nelle stradine di Napoli
My understanding is that there are quite a number of such carvings/images all around Pompeii and I believe one can be seen at 01:52 of this video.
One of the most amazing places in the world ! It’s like living in the past….. thanks.
Because of a series of fortunate events I visited Pompeii one beautiful July day in 1998. It was all the stars aligning perfectly to get me there and the experience was spiritual and very emotional, still is this many years later.