Pompeii – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:47:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Pompeii – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 What a Baker from Ancient Pompeii Can Teach Us about Happiness https://brewminate.com/what-a-baker-from-ancient-pompeii-can-teach-us-about-happiness/ Tue, 24 Aug 2021 17:19:50 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=160453 While they weren’t living through a pandemic, citizens of ancient Pompeii weren’t strangers to societal stress. Introduction In

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]]> Colorful Room M of the Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor in Ancient Boscoreale https://brewminate.com/colorful-room-m-of-the-villa-of-publius-fannius-synistor-in-ancient-boscoreale/ Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:20:33 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=150411 When the villa was excavated, sixty-eight sections of wall paintings were removed before the remains of the villa

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]]> Political and Personal Themes of the Graffiti in Ancient Pompeii https://brewminate.com/political-and-personal-themes-of-the-graffiti-in-ancient-pompeii/ Thu, 21 May 2020 20:09:59 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=126158 One of the most common types of graffiti found lining the streets of Pompeii were political graffiti. These

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]]> Oriental and Mystery Cults in Ancient Pompeii https://brewminate.com/oriental-and-mystery-cults-in-ancient-pompeii/ Sun, 08 Dec 2019 18:28:30 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=111717 Mystery cults have some characteristics not usually found in more traditional Roman religions. By Stephen Matthiesen The archaeological

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]]> Herculaneum: Pompeii’s Sister City in Destruction https://brewminate.com/herculaneum-pompeiis-sister-city-in-destruction/ Tue, 22 Oct 2019 18:22:25 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=108424 Herculaneum had a long, rich history before its fall to the Vesuvian blast. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Herculaneum,

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]]> When Did Vesuvius Erupt? The Evidence For and Against August 24 https://brewminate.com/when-did-vesuvius-erupt-the-evidence-for-and-against-august-24/ Mon, 09 Sep 2019 17:31:13 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=105567 Clues from texts, objects, and science shed light on one of the greatest natural disasters in world history.

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]]> Analyzing the Rural Landscape around Pompeii before the Eruption of Somma-Vesuvius in AD 79 https://brewminate.com/analysing-the-rural-landscape-around-pompeii-before-the-eruption-of-somma-vesuvius-in-ad-79/ Thu, 11 May 2017 16:49:40 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=33416 Pompeii; via di Mercurio with Mount Vesuvius. Photo: Carlo Mirante (Source: Flickr Creative Commons) By Dr. Sebastian VogelProfessor

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