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No more eggplant…
They are trying to kill me. Huge piles of eggplant, two nights in a row. The only problem being: I detest the eggplant. Never have been able to eat eggplant. It ranks up there with mushrooms and okra–icky. I’m just … Continue reading
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Tagged eggplant, forum, John Dobbins, lararium, Pompeii, shrine, triclinium, Zeus
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Gardens, Fugitives, Lapili and Dolia
Today started with ALL of us heading into the Garden of the Fugitives, after it was decided that only a “few” of us should go in, because it’s not clear if our permit allows us to go in at all. … Continue reading
Day 2 in Pompeii
Hmm, we had hoped at the cl0se of the workday, yesterday, that today would run a bit smoother. Well, we were off to another “slow” start. The drawing team did not get it’s first assignment until after 10:30. Apparently, the … Continue reading
A day in an ancient Roman lamp factory
While it took a while to get started today–the PI’s spent several hours discussing the various attributes of the structure–we began and ended our day working in an ancient lamp factory, adjacent gardens and shop. My team (Anne and Joseph) … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient Pompeii, atrium, factory, forum, Garden of the Fugitives, kiln, lamp, Pompeii, Roman, triclinium, wine
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New Adventures!
For the next 2 1/2 weeks I’ll be posting from Roma and then Pompeii! I am returning for a third year to work with the Pompeii Food and Drink Project in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. After a few … Continue reading
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Tagged Amalfi, Amalfi Coast, gelato, Hadrian, Minori, pizza, Pompeii, Pompeii Food and Drink Project, Roma, Roman, Rome, Testaccio, triclinium, villa
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Fine!
We’re done! Two weeks of mapping, photographing and describing ancient Roman kitchens, taverns, food shops, cooking platforms, dining rooms, dining gardens, etc. One last day in Pompeii… Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient Rome, biclinium, Empire, Pompeii, Roman, Rome, triclinium
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Only two days left!!!
Today we were in Region I, Insulae 13 for a change of scenery. Finished up mapping in the toilet from yesterday. And, I managed to do it without smashing my skull again on the door lintel. The first couple of houses we looked at were fine, a very nice masonry dining couch (triclinium) in one and a vegetable garden/kitchen in the other. The grand finale for today was a house with a “sweet” masonry triclinium, under a grape-vine arbor, in a garden. The adjoining kitchen has an incredible (doesn’t actually do it justice) lararium painting depicting the entire family making sacrifice. The imagery includes food offerings, a mule with a pack, a camel with a pack, a sacrificial ox, wine jugs, and a god pouring libations onto the altar. The detail in the painting is amazing – ties on the sandals, facial features, etc Continue reading
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Tagged dining couch, garden, garum, lararium, masonry, Pompeii, triclinium
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Vote for Julius Polybius: He makes good bread!
If you have seen any documentary, movie or read anything about Ancient Pompeii, you are probably familiar with the house of Julius Polybius (english spelling). It is NEVER EVER open to anybody, not even visiting archaeologists! Today, Prof. Lowe sweetalked his way into the villa with Lyn, myself, Rob and Mary in tow. I am, to use a good British phrase, gobsmacked! Continue reading
Primus was Here!
Today was spent in the House of the Triclinium and the “House of Jupiter” (turns out it was actually a restaurant and not a house at all). While exploring the House of the Triclinium, Lyn found great graffiti – “Primus Hic”, a bird, a boat and a bunch of drunken Greek writing. Continue reading
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Tagged gelato, House of Jupiter, House of the Triclinium, Pompeii, Positano, Primus Hic, triclinium
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Steady the ladder!
There is an inscription on the Via Del’Abbondanza announcing a weekend of gladiatorial games, wild beast hunts, and musicians. It comes complete with misters to keep the crowd cool and an awning to block the sun. It tells us the name of the man that sponsored it and how much he spent. The last sentence reads – “Lantern holder, steady the ladder”. Continue reading
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Tagged amphora, epigraph, garden, gladiatorial, Golden Bracelet, graffiti, Pompeian, Pompeii, scavi, triclinium, Vedius Rufus, Via Del'Abbondanza, villa, wine
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Iulio Prima!
July 1st – We spent our “scavi” time in the lower (downhill) part of the city – where the breeze never blows. We were all excited about recording a brothel and it’s kitchen but, when we got there we found a domestic house and no brothel… Continue reading
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Tagged Boscoreale, brothel, eruption, gladiator, kitchen, scavi, triclinium
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Isis, cows and Lemonsoda
Today we started off in the House of Successus. There’s a large thermopolium in front and, once again, the professori feel that at one point this house was converted to a restaurant. I was dictating notes for Dr Curtis and a couple walked up, listened in a bit and said “that’s not what the guidebook says”. Everyone thought that was just funny… Continue reading
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Tagged atrium, corinthian columns, cubiculum, dominus, fresco, House of Successus, Isis, latrine, marble, mosaic, Pompeii, Rome, thermopolium, triclinium
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The internet lives!
…I’m on my way to Minori (just past Amalfi) to photograph a triclinium in an excavated villa there for the project director… We documented a possible wine shop next to a really cool fabric dye factory. None of us had seen anything quite like it. Amy says they use a similar set up in Morocco. Continue reading
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Tagged Amalfi, fuller, limoncello, Minori, Pompeii, Positano, toga, triclinium, villa
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