Herculaneum Shorts

Description: Roman Empire - Gaius Plinius Secundus, called Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, a naturalist and natural philosopher, a naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic Naturalis Historia, which became an editorial model for encyclopedias. Pliny the Elder died in AD 79 while attempting to rescue people from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Description: Discovered in 1760, this is one of the most famous and beloved wall paintings of a high-society Pompeian woman. She is richly dressed with gold-threaded hair and large gold earrings, bringing the stylus to the mouth and holding the wax tablets.

Description: Roman fresco of the last Queen of Egypt Cleopatra wearing a regal diadem, her hair adorned with fine pearl-studded hairpins. From a villa in the town of Herculaneum, destroyed in 79 AD by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Description: Design inspired from a 19th century drawing of a winged Victory painted on a wall of the House of Siricus in Pompeii, destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD

Description: Mount Vesuvius Ancient Eruption - An Eruption in the Ancient World.

Description: Interior view from the house of Ariadne in Pompeii, Italy, 19th century watercolor by Giacinto Gigante

Description: A roman dancer from a 1st century wall painting in of the Villa of Diomedes in Pompeii, Italy

Description: A wall painting from the Villa of Diomedes, an ancient Roman villa located outside the walls of Pompeii on the Via dei Sepolcri to Herculaneum. This drawing was done when the Villa was excavated between 1771 and 1774. The original has been poorly preserved.

Description: A Roman mosaic crowded with symbols related to death and afterlife. From the Tannery house in Pompeii