Mystery surrounds 'little Mummy' in Pompeii

ANSA.it English ^ | May 25, 2020 | unattributed

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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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[Ouchthatonehurt]

Did somebody say “little mummy”?

[Adder]

Would love to know more about her.

Pompeii is such a fascinating place to wander.

[Sawdring]

Have you been there?

[gibsonguy]

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.

[SunkenCiv]

:^) Seems like a great place to wander.

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I should have known that would happen. ;^)

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somewhat unrelated sidebar that will probably be of interest.

Herculaneum, House of the Grand Portal

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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

[Grimmy]

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.

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Roman Architecture: Diana E. E. Kleiner, Dunham Professor of History of Art and Classics [lesson 1 is absent at the Yale site]

• Lecture 1: Introduction to Roman Architecture
• Lecture 2: It Takes a City: The Founding of Rome and the Beginnings of Urbanism in Italy
• Lecture 3: Technology and Revolution in Roman Architecture
• Lecture 4: Civic Life Interrupted: Nightmare and Destiny on August 24, A.D. 79
• Lecture 5: Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: Houses and Villas at Pompeii
• Lecture 6: Habitats at Herculaneum and Early Roman Interior Decoration
• Lecture 7: Gilding the Lily: Painting Palaces and Villas in the First Century A.D.
• Lecture 8: Exploring Special Subjects on Pompeian Walls
• Lecture 9: From Brick to Marble: Augustus Assembles Rome
• Lecture 10: Accessing Afterlife: Tombs of Roman Aristocrats, Freedmen, and Slaves
• Lecture 11: Notorious Nero and His Amazing Architectural Legacy
• Lecture 12: The Creation of an Icon: The Colosseum and Contemporary Architecture in Rome
• Lecture 13: The Prince and the Palace: Human Made Divine on the Palatine Hill
• Lecture 14: The Mother of All Forums: Civic Architecture in Rome under Trajan
• Lecture 15: Rome and a Villa: Hadrian's Pantheon and Tivoli Retreat
• Lecture 16: The Roman Way of Life and Death at Ostia, the Port of Rome
• Lecture 17: Bigger Is Better: The Baths of Caracalla and Other Second- and Third-Century Buildings in Rome
• Lecture 18: Hometown Boy: Honoring an Emperor's Roots in Roman North Africa
• Lecture 19: Baroque Extravaganzas: Rock Tombs, Fountains, and Sanctuaries in Jordan, Lebanon, and Libya

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Pompeii search results (FR) with the two related topics listed first:

• Ancient Remains of Horse Discovered at Pompeii [05/15/2018 9:34:17 AM PDT]
• Extraordinary Pompeii discovery: Racehorse remains found among ancient city's ruins [05/14/2018 2:29:58 PM PDT]

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• Watch the Destruction of Pompeii by Mount Vesuvius, Re-Created with Computer Animation (79 AD) [02/03/2016 7:01:52 PM PST]
• 'A bronze age Pompeii': archaeologists hail discovery of Peterborough site [01/13/2016 8:02:10 PM PST]
• Scans show Pompeii victims 'in good health' [other than being dead] [09/30/2015 12:36:18 AM PDT]
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[Ouchthatonehurt]

Couldn’t resist…sorry.

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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.

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the obvious solution to this mystery?

Is it even possible? Yes, it is.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

And reading Tacitus makes you realize dirty politics has not changed either.

[Grimmy]

Nope.

It was the Greeks’ fault. Gotta blame someone and I pick them.

Just like I pick the French to blame now.

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:^)

[gibsonguy]

“And reading Tacitus makes you realize dirty politics has not changed either.”

Even more so when one reads Cicero.