January 25, 2012
copulationofash: Eros in Pompeii.

copulationofash:

Eros in Pompeii.

(Source: , via funeral-wreaths)

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(Notes: 150)
  
Filed under: antiquity rome pompei priapos pornography 
June 28, 2010
Skull Mosaic from Pompeii[1] (House cum workshop I, 5, 2, triclinium).30 B.C. — 14 A.D. Inv. 109982. Mosaic Collection Naples of the Naples, National Archaeological Museum (inv. nr. 109982).The mosaic represents the Wheel of Fortune and reversal of fortune. When turned it can make the rich (symbolized by the purple cloth on the left) poor and the poor (symbolized by the goat right) rich. It also marks precariousness, death lurks in every age, and life is hanging by a thread: if it breaks, it flies from the soul (symbolized by the butterfly), making all equal.


Skull Mosaic from Pompeii[1] (House cum workshop I, 5, 2, triclinium).30 B.C. — 14 A.D. Inv. 109982. Mosaic Collection Naples of the Naples, National Archaeological Museum (inv. nr. 109982).

The mosaic represents the Wheel of Fortune and reversal of fortune. When turned it can make the rich (symbolized by the purple cloth on the left) poor and the poor (symbolized by the goat right) rich. It also marks precariousness, death lurks in every age, and life is hanging by a thread: if it breaks, it flies from the soul (symbolized by the butterfly), making all equal.

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(Notes: 75)
  
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June 24, 2010
darksilenceinsuburbia: Floating Maenad, 1st century - Pompeii - House of the Ship fresco Via

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Floating Maenad, 1st century - Pompeii - House of the Ship fresco

Via

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(Notes: 34)
  
Filed under: antiquity pompei dance 
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