One of the greatest findings in Pompei was “La villa dei misteri”; a 90 rooms perfectly preserved I century BC Roman villae with wonderful paintings, like this.
I will share more about this great place in another thread.
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Is this place previously excavated from the volcanic ash? Would be amazing to hear more about this.
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Hi @LucioV really great findings and this is really good art from ancient. Waiting for others.
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Yes @StephenAbraham this is a great example of how destruction of this city made ourself able to discover this treasure; it’s like a giant time capsule, the size of a city.
This villa is perfectly preserved, and you can literally walk along corridors with original paintings, like this.
The building is from II BC, but main frescos are from I BC.
You can’t imagine the sensation you feel when you stare in front of this great art from more than 2 thousand years ago.
I will open a thread for my saturday visit to Pompei in terms of accessibility.
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Here you can find my review: https://goo.gl/maps/i71FAjQp4yn
Along with some other photos.
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Beautiful photo @LucioV Pompei is a place to visit at least once in a lifetime!
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Hello @LucioV Wow, amazing to see something so old and so well preserved, beautiful. The Angeles from Italy are busy today, there is an angel in this painting and today my sister gave me this gift of a little Angel from the museum at Sistine Chapel
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Nice gift for you 
@Eire27 !
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Yes and also gave me rosary beads and a medal from the Vatican so very special for me. She said it was 80 euro each into the Colosseum so 320 euro for the 4 of them! I Expensive, but she said it was Amazing place to be in. Anyway looking forward to your thread, thanks
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Some other details from this wonderful time capsule
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@LucioV Wow amazing. Just checked out online that the Vesuvius eruption was at 79AD. That’s almost 2000 years ago. To see paint and structures preserved like this. Share more photos as you go along with some panoramas.
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Yes @StephenAbraham that’s the unicity: the ash preserved the city; it’s like a time capsule, I repeat.
You can find more photos in my contributions; still uploading!
Thanks!
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