Last Pompeii photos

Last lot. Promise!

Something new next time!

1 & 2 The victims of Pompeii. Just lying around. Aint no National Trust, thats for sure.

3, 4 & 5 The Large Theatre

6 & 7 The Gladiators school

8 & 9 The Wharfe/Docks. Now three quarters of a kilometre away from the sea!

Slogans, posters, and graffiti

Almost finished my Italy stuff (phew!).

These next photos are off art and paintings that are still visable on some buildings. The thing I love the most, is that they are of advertising slogans, public announcements about standing for election or running for office, and some graffiti! If I could read them they, wouldnt be out of place today.





I cannot tell you who says what. or what they mean, but one of them says a man has pox! We will never know if the man had pox, or not; but I just love that 2000 years ago, some little shit was writing it on a wall. Just like I did, when I was a little shit 1980 years later!

The Temple of Apollo and the Forum Baths

The stunning Temple of Apollo.





The forum baths still held the original design and artwork inside.


The baths also held a striking reminder of the personal cost of what occurred in Pompeii on its final day.

The amphitheatre and Palaestra

Pompeii has a fantastic amphitheatre, smaller than Rome, of course; but still pretty damn impressive.



Next to the amphitheatre is the Palaestra.

Pompeii

I am never going to be able to show all of the sites of Pompeii in one post. You fail to appriciate that Pompeii is a whole town. There are streets and streets of things to see. I shall do a few short posts showing various topics.

This is a fantastic interactive map of Pompeii that will show you where I was. http://www.archaeology.co.uk/cwa/issues/cwa4/pompeii/pompeii-map.htm




I traveled from Rome, and I got to Pompeii, which is south of Naples, at 3.30pm. I originally wanted to go to Versuvius but the bus ended at 3pm! So I found myself on a rainy afternoon wandering around the mainly deserted streets of Pompeii. For a long time I seemed to be on my own, until I caught up with various partys of schoolchildren (Kasia, I hope your kids are better behaved than the French little shits who were running amock with barely a long haired, bearded hippy teacher in sight!).





It was more than a little eyrie wandering around those streets, and it didnt taken much imagination to see the roman daily life all around me. A very good day out.

Roman porn

I did warn you all. But its art, isn't it?

I was worried about posting the last one, but we're all adults here.*blushes*
;)

The mosaics and art of Pompeii

Most of the really good mosaic floors and reliefs had been removed to the safety of the National Museum of archeology in Naples. It was the main reason I visited the place.



The mosaics are housed in a series of interlocking rooms. The final room houses the "Erotic" art from Pompeii.


I shall post those pictures separately. But I must warn you, dear reader. Erotic isn't a fair name for them. Absolutely, bloody filthy is a more apt statement! Kinky lot them Romans!

Till next time.

:)