Posts Tagged 'Pompeii'
The Ruins of Pompeii [video]
Published June 12, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: eruption, Italy, Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii, tourism, travel, volcano
2,000-Year-Old Pompeii Home Digitally Reconstructed
Published October 13, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: 3D modeling, Anne-Marie Leander Touati, archaeology, Digitally Reconstructed, history, Lund University, Pompeii, Sweden, Swedish Pompeii Project
Since 2000, the Swedish Pompeii Project has been working to document an entire city block, or “insula,” in close detail. This block included three big estates, a tavern, a laundry, a bakery and several gardens. Led by Anne-Marie Leander Touati, an archaeologist at Lund University, the Swedish team has used traditional excavation methods as well as more advanced techniques like laser scanning and drone imaging to digitally reconstruct that block. The researchers have now completed their first 3D models showing this section of the city as it stands today.
Ancient Roman Graffiti
Published January 15, 2013 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Ancient Roman, archaeology, bathroom humor, graffiti, Herculaneum, history, Italy, Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii, volcano
When the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were suddenly consumed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., many of their buildings were so intimately preserved that modern archaeologists can even read the graffiti scribbled onto their ancient walls. See if any of these remind you of a twenty-first century bathroom.
The Pompeii Ruins Are Now On Google Street View
Published December 5, 2009 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: archeology, Italy, Pompeii, ruins