[wildbill]

The impressive initiative is part of the Swedish Pompeii Project , which began in 2000 at the Swedish Institute in Rome, and sheds light on the lives of the people who lived and died in the ancient Roman city in the first century AD. It is now overseen by researchers at Sweden's Lund University. The researchers virtually reconstructed an entire block, including a magnificent house that belonged to a banker called Caecilius Iucundus. The home was designed to allow as much light as possible to shine into the rooms, especially in the most elaborate room known as the tabularium (city archive). The city block that was reconstructed, called Insula VI, includes two large and wealthy estates, in addition to the house of the banker. There is also a bakery, tavern, laundry, and a garden with fountains.

[dfwgator]

Going there next year, can’t wait.

[dfwgator]

The Last Day of Pompeii - 3D Animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY_3ggKg0Bc

[DoughtyOne]

Thank you. Interesting...

[facedown]

Very cool.

[beaversmom]

Thanks for posting. I enjoyed this documentary:

Pompeii: The Last Day (BBC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlZ-SGfp6Os

[Reddy]

Hmm. This video kind of debunks the theory that people were going about an ordinary day when they died? It looks like they had plenty of warning with the quakes and then the effluence from Vesuvius.

I always thought the devastation was pretty much instantaneous.

[BenLurkin]

Very cool stuff going on here....

[DoodleDawg]

bfl

[Billthedrill]

Great thread. Bookmarked and a BTT.

[Scythian_Reborn]

Watched the entire video, it’s like a metaphor for the United States, sadly ...

[Maceman]

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[GOP Poet]

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[Rappini]

Great post thanks.

[zot]

Pompeii ping.

[sit-rep]

I see the Stadium in the back ground where Spartacus and Crixus defeated Theacales!!

[VanShuyten]

BKMK

[Albion Wilde]

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