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THE STREETS OF POMPEII
The streets of Pompeii vary in width from 2.5 to 4.5 metres and are made from large slabs of lava from Vesuvius, while the pavements, which are usually around 30 centimetres high, were surfaced with a mixture of broken terracotta and fat lime cement, most of which has been worn away by the millions of visitors, One interesting feature is the so called pedestrian crossings, made from stone slabs of equal height to the pavement, placed across the street. These allowed pedestrians to cross the road without getting their feet wet or dirty as the streets were often filthy due to the lack of a proper sewer network. However, the slabs were placed in such a way that carts could still pass, as can be seen by the ruts left in the road by the cart wheels.
In keeping with the definitions given to the street layout of Greek cities, in Pompeii the term decumanus used to describe the main streets running from west to east and cardo for the streets generally running from north to south to connect up the various decumani.
HAVE A GREAT PRIVATE EXCURSION FROM THE PORT OF NAPLES TO NAPLES CENTER, POMPEII, SORRENTO AND AMALFI COAST IN ONE DAY AT A REASONABLE PRICE !!!
Why do not you arrange with us an amazing day in the Gulf of Naples - a private tour (just for you) with a comfortable limousine or minivan with driver and an English-speaking tour guide? We have organized for you a great guided tour to Naples-Pompeii-Sorrento-Amalfi Coast (Positano). Contact us by e-mail info@pompeii.org.uk for further info.
POMPEII MONUMENT OF THE DAY
A painting in the entrance, now in the Archaeological Museum in Naples, of the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, sons of Jupiter and Leda, gives the house its name. This is one of the rare examples in Pompeii of a house with a Corinthian atrium, where the atrium with a central impluvium is surrounded by columns, in this case twelve columns in tufo (the other two alternatives were the Tuscan atrium without columns and the tetrastyle atrium with four columns at the corners of the impluvium). Wall paintings with pictures of mythological subjects were frescoed on the walls of the rooms on either side of the tablinum. Most of them have been detached and are now in the Archaeo ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
(Apic. 3, 4, 3) Ingredients:
- 1 gourd (or courgette, small pumpkin or squash)
- peppercorns
- cumin
- coriander seeds
- 3 - 4 mint leaves, shredded
- 1 garlic
- 3 tbsp vinegar
- 50 g dates, finely chopped
- 50 g blanched almonds, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp clear honey
- 60 ml Liquamen (or, in this case, vegetable stock)
- 4 tbsp Defritum (or Wine or Grape Juice reduced by two thirds)
- 20 ml olive oil (or 25g butter)
- Sea salt to taste
Instructions:
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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.