Colossal<p>A large-scale fresco in an ancient banquet hall "sheds light on the mysteries of Dionysus in the classical world."</p><p><a href="https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/dionysian-fresco-pompeii/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/dio</span><span class="invisible">nysian-fresco-pompeii/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/arthistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arthistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Rome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>painting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/murals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>murals</span></a></p>
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Jens Notroff<p>Of course this month cannot end without yet another breathtaking <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a> revelation. 🤷♂️</p><p>Now look at the details in this banquet hall's *monumental* frieze with its almost life-size figures of a Dionysian procession. And, again, those colors! 😲🤩</p><p><a href="https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/pompeii-a-large-frescoed-banquet-hall-with-megalography-dedicated-to-the-procession-of-dionysus-emerged" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">finestresullarte.info/en/archa</span><span class="invisible">eology/pompeii-a-large-frescoed-banquet-hall-with-megalography-dedicated-to-the-procession-of-dionysus-emerged</span></a></p>
Nina Willburger<p>Exceptional new discovery in<br><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a>: large frescoed banquet hall with stunning wall paintings emerged </p><p><a href="https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/pompeii-a-large-frescoed-banquet-hall-with-megalography-dedicated-to-the-procession-of-dionysus-emerged" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">finestresullarte.info/en/archa</span><span class="invisible">eology/pompeii-a-large-frescoed-banquet-hall-with-megalography-dedicated-to-the-procession-of-dionysus-emerged</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/RomanArchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanArchaeology</span></a></p>
Tom Elliott<p>Kristina Killgrove in Live Science on the newly reported "mystery" frescoes from the House of Thiasus at Pompeii:</p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/rare-fresco-discovered-in-pompeii-shows-type-of-woman-who-breaks-free-from-male-order-to-dance-freely-go-hunting-and-eat-raw-meat-in-the-mountains" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">livescience.com/archaeology/ro</span><span class="invisible">mans/rare-fresco-discovered-in-pompeii-shows-type-of-woman-who-breaks-free-from-male-order-to-dance-freely-go-hunting-and-eat-raw-meat-in-the-mountains</span></a></p><p>"The wall painting, which is nearly life-size, runs the length of three walls along a large banquet hall, while the fourth wall opens onto a garden. Against a bright red background, there are numerous figures of maenads — female followers of Dionysus, the god of wine — who are depicted as hunters, carrying swords in their hands and slaughtered goats on their shoulders. The fresco also depicts young satyrs, part-goat and part-human creatures, playing the flute and performing a sacrifice of wine. At the center of the fresco is an old satyr with a young woman who is about to be initiated into the Dionysian mystery cult. The ancient cult, which dates back at least to the classical Greeks of the fifth century B.C., is called a "mystery" because the initiation and practices ..."</p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ancientHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancientHistory</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/RomanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanEmpire</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ancientReligion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancientReligion</span></a></p>
Crystal Huff (they/them)<p>Today I learned (thanks to research for an urban planning paper I'm working on) that the ancient city of Pompeii had curbstones, elevated pedestrian walkways, and curb cuts. </p><p>Reminder: Mt Vesuvius erupted and buried the city in the year 79 CE.</p><p><a href="https://pompeiiinpictures.com/pompeiiinpictures/R3/3%2007%2003.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pompeiiinpictures.com/pompeiii</span><span class="invisible">npictures/R3/3%2007%2003.htm</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/urbanplanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urbanplanning</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/pedestrian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pedestrian</span></a></p>
MediaFaro Magazine<p>Pompeii’s streets show how the city adapted to Roman rule.</p><p>Pompeii only came under Roman control around 160 years before its destruction – and its traffic-worn streets show how the locals adjusted their business operations.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250217-pompeiis-streets-show-how-the-city-adapted-to-roman-rule?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250217</span><span class="invisible">-pompeiis-streets-show-how-the-city-adapted-to-roman-rule?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Romans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Romans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/RomanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanEmpire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a></p>
Jens Notroff<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a>, again ... but a bit earlier than you might think:</p><p>Archaeologists have discovered <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BronzeAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BronzeAge</span></a> footprints near the ancient Roman site, showing people and animals fleeing a Vesuvius eruption millennia before *the* infamous one 79 C.E.</p><p>🏺👣🌋 <a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-footprints-people-fleeing-vesuvius-eruption-2605713" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.artnet.com/art-world/anci</span><span class="invisible">ent-footprints-people-fleeing-vesuvius-eruption-2605713</span></a></p>
Flipboard Science Desk<p>Using A.I., researchers peer inside a 2,000-year-old scroll charred by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@Smithsonianmag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Smithsonianmag</span></a></span> reports: <a href="https://flip.it/G8LbyE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/G8LbyE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>For similar stories, follow <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@smithsonianmag/history-lgqneqhoz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>history-Smithsonianmag</span></a></span>. </p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a></p>
CoinOfNote<p>Pompeii continues to enthrall archaeologists, historians & the rest of us alike, nearly 2,000 years after the eruption of Mt Vesuvius. This week's E-Sylum has an article on some gold coins recently recovered from a Roman bathhouse: <a href="https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n03.html#article23" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n0</span><span class="invisible">3.html#article23</span></a></p><p>My own (tenuous) link is this Roman Republic Aes Grave - which although this one wasn't found there, similar coins were: <a href="https://coinofnote.com/roman-republic-aes-grave-janus-ships-prow/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coinofnote.com/roman-republic-</span><span class="invisible">aes-grave-janus-ships-prow/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Numismatics</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Rome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rome</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/AncientCoins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientCoins</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/numismatics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>numismatics</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
The Void ザ・ヴォイド<p>New <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> show on Monday. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00277bg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00277bg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
CBC British Columbia<p>Lavish 2,000-year-old bathhouse revealed in new Pompeii excavation<br>Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in AD 79, has unearthed a new treasure — a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/pompeii-bathhouse-excavation-1.7434201?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/science/pompeii-ba</span><span class="invisible">thhouse-excavation-1.7434201?cmp=rss</span></a></p>
El Duvelle<p>Pretty cool <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/BBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBCNews</span></a> about <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a></p><p>But also that glimpse into an old civilisation is another reminder that we really haven't made much progress in all those millennia. There were really poor people then, even slaves, and very rich people, and I hope that will be shocking to future civilizations, but at the moment we are still in the same old systems of dominance and control by the richest, to a degree that is probably much, much worse than what the Romans had.</p><p>"Pompeii: Spectacular new discoveries unearthed include private spa"<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15zgvnvk4do" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c15zgvnv</span><span class="invisible">k4do</span></a></p>
CBC Top Stories<p>Lavish 2,000-year-old bathhouse revealed in new Pompeii excavation<br>Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in AD 79, has unearthed a new treasure — a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/pompeii-bathhouse-excavation-1.7434201?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/science/pompeii-ba</span><span class="invisible">thhouse-excavation-1.7434201?cmp=rss</span></a></p>
CBC Technology Science<p>Lavish 2,000-year-old bathhouse revealed in new Pompeii excavation<br>Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in AD 79, has unearthed a new treasure — a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/pompeii-bathhouse-excavation-1.7434201?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/science/pompeii-ba</span><span class="invisible">thhouse-excavation-1.7434201?cmp=rss</span></a></p>
RealJournalism<p>What Was Life Like in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a>? An Immersive Show Revives the Lost Roman City <a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pompeii-immersive-exhibition-national-museum-australia-2586994" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.artnet.com/art-world/pomp</span><span class="invisible">eii-immersive-exhibition-national-museum-australia-2586994</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a></p>
Chery (Great Australian Pods)<p>In case anyone is interested: fresco from Pompeii <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canberra</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NMA</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a></p>
Debra Martz<p>Thank you to the buyer from Temecula, CA for purchasing an Ornament!<br>Streets of Pompeii 2 Ornament by Debra Martz <a href="https://fineartamerica.com/featured/streets-of-pompeii-2-debra-martz.html?product=ornament&ornamentType=ornament-wood-oval" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fineartamerica.com/featured/st</span><span class="invisible">reets-of-pompeii-2-debra-martz.html?product=ornament&ornamentType=ornament-wood-oval</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://photog.social/tags/Sold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sold</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/ThankYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThankYou</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/BuyIntoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuyIntoArt</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/ornament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ornament</span></a></p>
Fascinating Europe<p>🇮🇹 The ruins of Pompeii in Italy photographed by the very prolific German-Italian photographer Giorgio Sommer around 1867</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/GiorgioSommer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiorgioSommer</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BlackAndWhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackAndWhite</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BW</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SouthernEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernEurope</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintage</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/foto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foto</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ruins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruins</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Italia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italia</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AncientHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientHistory</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photos</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FascinatingEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FascinatingEurope</span></a></p>
Archaeology News :verified:<p>DNA evidence rewrites history of Pompeii victims buried in volcanic eruption</p><p>A recent study led by an international team of researchers has unveiled new insights into the victims of Pompeii, challenging longstanding assumptions about the identities and relationships of those entombed by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE...</p><p>More information: <a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2024/11/dna-evidence-rewrites-history-of-pompeii-victims/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archaeologymag.com/2024/11/dna</span><span class="invisible">-evidence-rewrites-history-of-pompeii-victims/</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/archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeologynews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeologynews</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/romanempire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romanempire</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dnaanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dnaanalysis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a></p>
Jens Notroff<p>Originalstudie:</p><p>E. Pilli et al., <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AncientDNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientDNA</span></a> challenges prevailing interpretations of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a> plaster casts, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.science/@CurrentBiology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CurrentBiology</span></a></span>, online 07.11.2024. 🔐💵</p><p><a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(24)01361-7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cell.com/current-biology/abstr</span><span class="invisible">act/S0960-9822(24)01361-7</span></a></p>
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