Posted on 06/06/2020 1:04:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A girl's name, mysteriously called 'Mummy', has been discovered in a large cryptoportico in a new dig at Pompeii, director Massimo Osanna told ANSA Monday. The discovery, just to the north of the Roman city, is part of a large and refined complex dating back to the time of the Emperor Augustus, he said.
The complex will be uncovered and eventually opened to visitors, Osanna said.
He also vowed to bring to light the recently discovered 'villa of the harnessed horse'.
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Would love to know more about her.
Pompeii is such a fascinating place to wander.
Have you been there?
We went there a few years ago and it is very interesting. When you hear what the various buildings were you realize how we are the same now as we were then.
:^) Seems like a great place to wander.
I should have known that would happen. ;^)
Herculaneum, House of the Grand Portal
Young girl’s name scratched into wall of one of Pompeii’s largest villas suggests it was owned by descendants of general Lucius Mummius who conquered Greece in 146BC
By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline 06:51 EDT 27 May 2020 , updated 11:26 EDT 27 May 2020
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8360911/A-daughters-scrawl-reveals-lavish-Pompeii-villa-belonged-esteemed-general-Lucius-Mummius.html
general Lucius Mummius who conquered Greece in 146BC
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And thereby began the long road to Rome’s downfall by importing the philosophies that turned generations of young Roman males into butt punchers.
Roman Architecture: Diana E. E. Kleiner, Dunham Professor of History of Art and Classics [lesson 1 is absent at the Yale site]
Pompeii search results (FR) with the two related topics listed first:
Couldnt resist sorry.
Romans were interested in the Greek world for a long time before that. And the final downfall didn't take place until about 40 years before Columbus' famous first voyage.
And reading Tacitus makes you realize dirty politics has not changed either.
Nope.
It was the Greeks’ fault. Gotta blame someone and I pick them.
Just like I pick the French to blame now.
:^)
“And reading Tacitus makes you realize dirty politics has not changed either.”
Even more so when one reads Cicero.
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