Herculaneum: Italy's Buried TreasureGetty Publications, 21 set 1989 - 222 pagine A vivid portrayal of life in Pompeii's sister city, this book includes a detailed description of the ancient Villa dei Papiri, on which the present Getty Museum in Malibu is modeled. |
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LIFE OF A ROMAN TOWN page | 1 |
ORIGINS AND LEGENDS page | 5 |
DEATH OF A ROMAN TOWN page | 10 |
Vesuvius in eruption 1944 | 12 |
Diagram of Vesuvius eruption a d 79 | 20 |
THE LONG SLEEP AND RESURRECTION page | 24 |
TREASURE REVEALED THE GREAT DIG page | 32 |
Aerial photograph of the excavated portion of Herculaneum | 34 |
Bronze oil lamps from Herculaneum and Pompeii | 108 |
THE PLEBSHOUSES AND SHOPS page | 114 |
Windlass and original rope from the House of Opus Craticium | 116 |
Balance still containing merchandise | 122 |
Tokens for playing a game mosaic game board | 128 |
Inlaid bed with the bones of a boy from the Shop | 129 |
THE BATHSEVERYBODYS CLUB page | 133 |
Ground plan of the Forum Baths | 135 |
HOUSES OF THE RICH PATRICIANS page | 40 |
Patrician houses overlooking the marina | 41 |
Bedroom scene from a private house | 48 |
Wooden cradle from the House of the Gem | 55 |
Marble basrelief of Achilles and Telephus | 58 |
ROMAN LUXURYTHE VILLA OF THE PAPYRI page | 60 |
The Sleeping Faun from the Villa of the Papyri | 65 |
Bronze charcoal brazier with ithyphallic satyrs from the Villa | 73 |
West porch of the Getty Museum | 79 |
HOUSES OF THE POOR PATRICIANS page | 83 |
Entrance to the House of the Wooden Partition | 86 |
Marble Hermaphroditus | 92 |
STORY OF A ROMAN LAWSUIT page | 98 |
HOUSES OF THE MIDDLE CLASS page | 103 |
Vestibule of the Suburban Baths | 142 |
SPORTS THE PALAESTRA page | 149 |
The grand hall of the Palaestra | 150 |
THE BASILICAA ROMAN COURTHOUSE page | 154 |
Fresco of the centaur Chiron and Achilles from the Basilica | 156 |
Closeup views of the Proconsul Balbus and Marcus Junior | 163 |
Small painting the ActorKing | 171 |
Egyptian goddess Isis Herculaneum version | 177 |
Shrine of the deified emperors | 185 |
Medical instruments from Herculaneum and Pompeii | 192 |
Glassware from Herculaneum and Pompeii | 198 |
Gladiators bronze helmet from Herculaneum | 206 |
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