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FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
“Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca
(c) Dukas -
DUK10162684_003
FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
“Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca
(c) Dukas -
DUK10162684_017
FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
“Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca
(c) Dukas -
DUK10162684_004
FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
“Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca
(c) Dukas -
DUK10162684_013
FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
“Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca
(c) Dukas -
DUK10162684_014
FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
“Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca
(c) Dukas -
DUK10162684_010
FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
“Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca
(c) Dukas -
DUK10162684_005
FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
**VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
“Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca
(c) Dukas -
DUK10162684_012
FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
**VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
“Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca
(c) Dukas -
DUK10162684_006
FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
**VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
“Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca
(c) Dukas -
DUK10162684_016
FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
**VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
“Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca
(c) Dukas -
DUK10162684_011
FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
**VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
“Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca
(c) Dukas -
DUK10162684_008
FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
**VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
“Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca
(c) Dukas -
DUK10162684_009
FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
**VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
“Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca
(c) Dukas -
DUK10162684_007
FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
**VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
“Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca
(c) Dukas -
DUK10162684_002
FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
**VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
“Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca
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FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
“Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca
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Insel Ufnau (oder Ufenau) im Zuerichsee. Eingangstuere Gasthaus zu den zwei Raben, groesste Insel der Schweiz, Besitz Kloster Einseideln, politisch Freienbach SZ FOTO: DUKAS/THEDI SUTER
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Griechenland nach dem Referendum: Alltagseindrücke aus Athen
Griechenland nach dem Referendum: Alltagseindrücke aus Athen
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***After the referendum: Daily life in Athens, Greece, July 140715***
(FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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Reise Europa, Osteuropa, Restjugoslawien, Montenegro,
Foto: Franz Neumayr 15.4.2014
Die Auferstehungskathedrale (montenegrisch:??????? ???? ????????? ?????????/Saborni Hram Hristovog Vaskrsenja) ist die Serbisch-orthodoxe Hauptkirche und gr��tes Gotteshaus von Podgorica sowie eines der Wahrzeichen der montenegrinischen Hauptstadt
Innenansicht
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Reise Europa, Osteuropa, Restjugoslawien, Montenegro,
Foto: Franz Neumayr 15.4.2014
Die Auferstehungskathedrale (montenegrisch:??????? ???? ????????? ?????????/Saborni Hram Hristovog Vaskrsenja) ist die Serbisch-orthodoxe Hauptkirche und gr��tes Gotteshaus von Podgorica sowie eines der Wahrzeichen der montenegrinischen Hauptstadt
Innenansicht
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Büsingen am Hochrhein, halb deutsch und halb ist es Schweiz
12.09.2011 Büsingen am Hochrhein.Ex / Entklave .die deutsche Insel in der Schweiz.Büsingen ist halb deutsch und halb ist es Schweiz.Bild zeigt Wandmalerei Soldat mit Flaggen in Büsingen
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Riomaggiore (Cinque Terre, Italien), Freskie an öffentlichem Gebäude
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ReiseBlick Chur
Haus am Martinsplatz
CH-Chur, 23.06.2010
Foto: Michael Wildi
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ReiseBlick Chur
Haus am Martinsplatz mit Sonnenuhr und Korrekturtabelle.
CH-Chur, 23.06.2010
Foto: Michael Wildi
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Fussballstadion Kasse
Eingang zum Fussballstadion. Kasse Kanton Solothurn
OKT 2009
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Fussballstadion Eingang
Eingang zum Fussballstadion. Kanton Solothurn
OKT 2009
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Graffiti
Graffiti - Wettsprayen in Basel . Spraydosen
NOT MODEL RELEASE !
5.Sept. 2009
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RDB00370462
Oetwil am See ZH
Schulhausplatz--- Areal Schulhaus Dörfli in Oetwil am See ZH 2009#Area of school house Dörfli in Oetwil am See ZH 2009- RDB BY DUKAS
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Raiffeisen Bank Wandmalerei
Wandmalerei Raiffeisen Bank
(c) Foto Manuel Geisser
12 Dez 2009
Not Model Release
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Raiffeisen Bank Wandmalerei
Wandmalerei Raiffeisen Bank
(c) Foto Manuel Geisser
12 Dez 2009
Not Model Release
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Raiffeisenbank
Schweizer Raiffeisen Bank Wandmalerei Giswil OW
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Rapperswil. Bemaltes Haus Nähe Franziskanerkloster
1.6.08
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Luzern. Fritschihaus
25.5.08
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Graffiti Kunst Wandmalerei
Graffiti Wandmalerei Kunst
(c) Foto Manuel Geisser
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Wandmalerei Kunst Graffiti
160108 Kunst Wandmalerei Graffiti
Foto Manuel Geisser
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Bahnsteig, Bahngeleise
Flughafen Bahnsteig und Bahngeleise Zuerich
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SH
--- Luzern, "Phänomen", Kleidergeschäft am Weinmarkt; 2006#Luzern, "Phänomen", clothes shop at Weinmarkt; 2006
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--- Luzern, "Phänomen", Kleidergeschäft am Weinmarkt; 2006#Luzern, "Phänomen", clothes shop at Weinmarkt; 2006
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Hafenstadt Valparaiso in Chile, Wandbild, 2005
--- Hafenstadt Valparaiso in Chile, Wandbild, 2005#port Valparaiso in Chile, mural painting, 2005
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Hafenstadt Valparaiso in Chile, Wandmalereien, 2005
--- Hafenstadt Valparaiso in Chile, Wandmalereien, 2005#port Valparaiso in Chile, mural painting, 2005
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Hafenstadt Valparaiso in Chile, Wandmalereien, 2005
--- Hafenstadt Valparaiso in Chile, Wandmalereien, 2005#port Valparaiso in Chile, mural painting, 2005
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Hafenstadt Valparaiso in Chile, Wandmalereien, 2005
--- Hafenstadt Valparaiso in Chile, Wandmalereien, 2005#port Valparaiso in Chile, mural painting, 2005
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Hafenstadt Valparaiso in Chile, Wandbild, 2005
--- Hafenstadt Valparaiso in Chile, Wandbild, 2005#port Valparaiso in Chile, mural painting, 2005
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DUKAS_90704018_HEU
Hafenstadt Valparaiso in Chile, Wandbild, 2005
--- Hafenstadt Valparaiso in Chile, Wandbild, 2005#port Valparaiso in Chile, mural painting, 2005
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DUKAS_90704010_HEU
Hafenstadt Valparaiso in Chile, Wandbild, 2005
--- Hafenstadt Valparaiso in Chile, Wandbild, 2005#port Valparaiso in Chile, mural painting, 2005
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DUKAS_90704006_HEU
Hafenstadt Valparaiso in Chile, Wandmalereien, 2005
--- Hafenstadt Valparaiso in Chile, Wandmalereien, 2005#port Valparaiso in Chile, mural painting, 2005
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rdb00294598
--- Brunnen auf Dorfplatz in Scuol GR#Fountain at village square in Scuol GR- RDB BY DUKAS
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--- Brunnen auf Dorfplatz in Scuol GR#Fountain at village square in Scuol GR- RDB BY DUKAS
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Sprayer in Aktion, Graffito, 2005
--- Sprayer in Aktion, Graffito, 2005#Graffiti artist at work, 2005
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