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THE PLASTER CASTS OF FIORELLI
We can see some of the tragic death scenes in the plaster casts made by archaeologists using the Giuseppe Fiorelli’s technique.
The archaeologists poured liquid plaster into the hollows left in the ash when the bodies had decomposed to recreate the figures at the moment of their death.
This technique can be used for any material that decomposes, particularly wood, and has allowed plaster casts to be made of doors, windows, stairs and other parts of the houses in Pompeii.
A recent innovation in this technique has been used to obtain a cast of the body of a woman found in the ruins at Oplontis near Torre Annunziata.
The cast was made using glass fibre, which allowed the skeleton to be seen along with some of the jewels the woman was wearing as she attempted to escape.
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POMPEII MONUMENT OF THE DAY
These stood just outside the town walls, which can be seen to the left on the road leading to the Porta Marina Gate, and possibly near a canal port, which is suggested by the mooring rings set in stone blocks. The baths are laid out on three levels and are now visible in all their former glory thanks to recent restoration work. The baths complex was not actually very big and was probably used by people coming from outside the town. The entrance hall stood on a terrace with colonnade which could be reached by a flight of stairs. All the rooms in the complex had window looking out over the Gulf of Naples and were laid out according to the classic criteria for the bath ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
(Apic. 5, 6, 1) Ingredients:
- 500 g soybeans with pod, or green beans
- 50 ml Liquamen, or 1/2 tsp salt with 50ml wine
- 1-2 tblsp oil
- 1 tblsp minced coriander leaves
(or 1/2 tblsp ground coriander seed) - 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 minced branch of leek
Instructions:
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Cook beans with Liquamen, oil, leek and spices. Serve.
FORBIDDEN POMPEII: IMAGES AND NEWS
Love was a common topic of conversation in Pompeii. Feelings, passions, poetic love, sex, homosexuality, prostitution and so forth were all part of daily life and not a source of prejudice. The concept of “obscenity” seems to have been unknown. Love and sex were considered earthly practices of a man’s life that were encouraged by the benevolence of Venus. The thousands of examples of graffiti found on the town’s walls are unequivocal proof of what the people of Pompeii thought about love and sex.