(04 Mar) Buried for Nearly 2,000 Years, a Monumental Dionysian Fresco Sees the Light of Day in Pompeii
A large-scale fresco in an ancient banquet hall "sheds light on the mysteries of Dionysus in the classical world."
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/dionysian-fresco-pompeii/
Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/E67qY ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/9h24c
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Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 
"Her [#Aphrodite] who restrains the bloody hands of rough Mars [#Ares], who brings peace to warring nations and holds plenty in her rich horn, mild goddess."
Seneca, Medea 62
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Phallus from #Pompeii that was placed outside a shop. I hope the shopkeeper had all the luck they could hope for and that happiness lived there.
Discovery of fresco portraying Dionysian mysteries at Pompeii — https://pompeiisites.org/en/comunicati/pompeii-discovery-of-a-room-with-frescoes-depicting-the-initiation-into-the-mysteries-and-the-dionysiac-procession/
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Rare Dionysian fresco unearthed in Pompeii depicts rituals and mystery cults
Archaeologists have uncovered a new fresco in Pompeii that sheds light on ancient Dionysian mystery cults. The well-preserved painting dating back to the first century BCE, was discovered in a banquet hall of the House of Thiasus in Region IX of Pompeii...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/02/rare-dionysian-fresco-unearthed-in-pompeii/
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Pink Floyd: Mira el nuevo e increíble tráiler del concierto remasterizado de Pompeii | #RollingStoneES
Archaeologists have discovered a monumental frieze depicting worshipers of Dionysus in a newly excavated portion of Pompeii. The near-life-size paintings portray a procession of Dionysiac figures participating in an initiation ritual as part of the deity’s mystery cult.
Life-sized Dionysus mystery cult frescoes found in Pompeii – The History Blog
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/72538
"The figures are almost life-sized and cover three walls of a banquet room. The frescoes were painted in the Second Pompeian Style and date to between 40 and 30 B.C."
Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday
"She lay down at his side and conceived #Eros, who partly because he is naturally a lover of the beautiful, and because #Aphrodite is herself beautiful, and also because he was born on her birthday, is her follower and attendant."
Plato, Symposium 178
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Pink Floyd at Pompeii » réédité en IMAX
https://www.rollingstone.fr/pink-floyd-at-pompeii-reedite-en-imax/
Scholars have been diligently preserving the "Mosaico di Orione" (Orion Mosaic), dating from late 2nd to early 1st Century BC, found within the "House of Orion" in #Pompeii.
This extraordinary #mosaic, which depicts the myth of Orion's transformation into a constellation, remains in its original location, making it a rare & valuable piece of ancient art.
The "House of Orion" is remarkably well-preserved offering a unique glimpse into ancient Roman life
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There's only one known case in which the blast from a volcanic eruption turned a victim's #brain into glass - going back to Mount Vesuvius' blast in the year 79 - and now scientists think they know how it happened. https://cosmiclog.com/2025/02/27/how-an-ancient-eruption-turned-a-victims-brain-into-glass/ #Science #Pompeii #Herculaneum #Volcanoes
How an ancient eruption turned a victim’s brain into glass
Researchers say they've solved a nearly 2,000-year-old cold case, sparked by the catastrophic volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum: What caused a victim's brain to fuse into bits of glass?
The victim's remains were
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/02/27/how-an-ancient-eruption-turned-a-victims-brain-into-glass/
#CosmicScience #Archaeology #Biology #Brain #Pompeii #Science #Volcanoes
Of course this month cannot end without yet another breathtaking #Pompeii revelation. 
Now look at the details in this banquet hall's *monumental* frieze with its almost life-size figures of a Dionysian procession. And, again, those colors! 
How an ancient eruption turned a victim’s brain into glass
Researchers say they've solved a nearly 2,000-year-old cold case, sparked by the catastrophic volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum: What caused a victim's brain to fuse into bits of glass?
The victim's remains were
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/02/27/how-an-ancient-eruption-turned-a-victims-brain-into-glass/
#CosmicScience #Archaeology #Biology #Brain #Pompeii #Science #Volcanoes
In #Pompeii hebben archeologen levensgrote fresco’s blootgelegd van een stoet voor #Dionysus, de god van de wijn. De fresco’s komen uit de eerste eeuw v.Chr. en zijn levensgroot. Vermoedelijk waren ze al 100 jaar oud toen Pompeii ten onder ging door de vulkaanuitbarsting van de #Vesuvius.
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2025/02/26/italie-pompeii-fresco-dionysus-god-van-de-wijn/
Have a courageous Day of Ares aka Mars' Day aka Tuesday 
"With a shout he [#Ares] cheered the Trojans on to face the foe. They heard, and marvelled at that wondrous cry, not seeing the God's immortal form."
Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 8.260
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It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / #Monday! 
"So does starlight splendour wane with the coming of the sun, and the huddled flock of the Pleiades vanish away when Phoebe [#Selene the Moon], shining with borrowed light [from the sun], with encircling horns encloses her full-orbed disk."
Seneca, Medea 95
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