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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.
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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.
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FEATURE - Entdeckung am Blumengrab von Shanidar könnte das Geheimnis der Todesriten der Neandertaler aufdecken
Members of Ralph Solecki’s excavation team carrying the block containing Shanidar 4 (the flower burial), 6, 8 and 9 down from the cave to be transported to the Baghdad Museum for further study. See National News story NNburial. Cavemen may have buried their dead with flowers, suggests a major new discovery. Cambridge University archaeologists have unearthed an “articulated” Neanderthal skeleton - meaning all in one piece with the bones still arranged in the proper order - the first in over 20 years.The skeleton, dubbed Shanidar Z, was found in the Shanidar Cave on Bradost Mountain in Iraqi Kurdistan, one of the most important archeological sites of the 20th Century. The dig had to be abandoned for a year due to the close proximity of Islamic State forces. *** Local Caption *** 30722733
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Illustration of the possible burial position of the new Neanderthal remains from Shanidar Cave; the stone behind the head is shown in grey. See National News story NNburial. Cavemen may have buried their dead with flowers, suggests a major new discovery. Cambridge University archaeologists have unearthed an “articulated” Neanderthal skeleton - meaning all in one piece with the bones still arranged in the proper order - the first in over 20 years.The skeleton, dubbed Shanidar Z, was found in the Shanidar Cave on Bradost Mountain in Iraqi Kurdistan, one of the most important archeological sites of the 20th Century. The dig had to be abandoned for a year due to the close proximity of Islamic State forces. *** Local Caption *** 30722734
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FEATURE - Entdeckung am Blumengrab von Shanidar könnte das Geheimnis der Todesriten der Neandertaler aufdecken
The bones of the Neanderthal’s left hand emerging from the sediment in Shanidar Cave. See National News story NNburial. Cavemen may have buried their dead with flowers, suggests a major new discovery. Cambridge University archaeologists have unearthed an “articulated” Neanderthal skeleton - meaning all in one piece with the bones still arranged in the proper order - the first in over 20 years.The skeleton, dubbed Shanidar Z, was found in the Shanidar Cave on Bradost Mountain in Iraqi Kurdistan, one of the most important archeological sites of the 20th Century. The dig had to be abandoned for a year due to the close proximity of Islamic State forces. *** Local Caption *** 30722727
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FEATURE - Entdeckung am Blumengrab von Shanidar könnte das Geheimnis der Todesriten der Neandertaler aufdecken
Members of Ralph Solecki’s team, Dr T. Dale Stewart (right) and Jacques Bordaz (left) at Shanidar Cave in 1960, working on removing the remains of Shanidar 4 (the ‘flower burial’) en bloc. This block of sediment was later found to also contain the partial remains of 3 more individuals. See National News story NNburial. Cavemen may have buried their dead with flowers, suggests a major new discovery. Cambridge University archaeologists have unearthed an “articulated” Neanderthal skeleton - meaning all in one piece with the bones still arranged in the proper order - the first in over 20 years.The skeleton, dubbed Shanidar Z, was found in the Shanidar Cave on Bradost Mountain in Iraqi Kurdistan, one of the most important archeological sites of the 20th Century. The dig had to be abandoned for a year due to the close proximity of Islamic State forces. *** Local Caption *** 30722729
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FEATURE - Entdeckung am Blumengrab von Shanidar könnte das Geheimnis der Todesriten der Neandertaler aufdecken
The Neanderthal skull, flattened by thousands of years of sediment and rock fall, in situ in Shanidar Cave, Iraqi Kurdistan. See National News story NNburial. Cavemen may have buried their dead with flowers, suggests a major new discovery. Cambridge University archaeologists have unearthed an “articulated” Neanderthal skeleton - meaning all in one piece with the bones still arranged in the proper order - the first in over 20 years.The skeleton, dubbed Shanidar Z, was found in the Shanidar Cave on Bradost Mountain in Iraqi Kurdistan, one of the most important archeological sites of the 20th Century. The dig had to be abandoned for a year due to the close proximity of Islamic State forces. *** Local Caption *** 30722731
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The bones of the Neanderthal’s left arm and ribs in situ in Shanidar Cave. See National News story NNburial. Cavemen may have buried their dead with flowers, suggests a major new discovery. Cambridge University archaeologists have unearthed an “articulated” Neanderthal skeleton - meaning all in one piece with the bones still arranged in the proper order - the first in over 20 years.The skeleton, dubbed Shanidar Z, was found in the Shanidar Cave on Bradost Mountain in Iraqi Kurdistan, one of the most important archeological sites of the 20th Century. The dig had to be abandoned for a year due to the close proximity of Islamic State forces. *** Local Caption *** 30722735
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The spinal column of the Neanderthal immediately after removal in a small block of the surrounding sediment. The bones are extremely delicate and embedded in layers of silt – the matrix. They are transported to Cambridge where they are scanned, conserved and micro-excavated to slowly remove the bones from the matrix. See National News story NNburial. Cavemen may have buried their dead with flowers, suggests a major new discovery. Cambridge University archaeologists have unearthed an “articulated” Neanderthal skeleton - meaning all in one piece with the bones still arranged in the proper order - the first in over 20 years.The skeleton, dubbed Shanidar Z, was found in the Shanidar Cave on Bradost Mountain in Iraqi Kurdistan, one of the most important archeological sites of the 20th Century. The dig had to be abandoned for a year due to the close proximity of Islamic State forces. *** Local Caption *** 30722730
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Ribs and spine of the Neanderthal emerging from the sediment in Shanidar Cave. See National News story NNburial. Cavemen may have buried their dead with flowers, suggests a major new discovery. Cambridge University archaeologists have unearthed an “articulated” Neanderthal skeleton - meaning all in one piece with the bones still arranged in the proper order - the first in over 20 years.The skeleton, dubbed Shanidar Z, was found in the Shanidar Cave on Bradost Mountain in Iraqi Kurdistan, one of the most important archeological sites of the 20th Century. The dig had to be abandoned for a year due to the close proximity of Islamic State forces. *** Local Caption *** 30722726
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FEATURE - Entdeckung am Blumengrab von Shanidar könnte das Geheimnis der Todesriten der Neandertaler aufdecken
Looking out from Shanidar Cave, down to the valley of the Upper Zab river and the mountains beyond – the rugged landscape of North-East Iraqi Kurdistan. Wider view of the location of Shanidar, in the foothills of the Baradost Mountains of North-East Iraqi Kurdistan. See National News story NNburial. Cavemen may have buried their dead with flowers, suggests a major new discovery. Cambridge University archaeologists have unearthed an “articulated” Neanderthal skeleton - meaning all in one piece with the bones still arranged in the proper order - the first in over 20 years.The skeleton, dubbed Shanidar Z, was found in the Shanidar Cave on Bradost Mountain in Iraqi Kurdistan, one of the most important archeological sites of the 20th Century. The dig had to be abandoned for a year due to the close proximity of Islamic State forces. *** Local Caption *** 30722728
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Dr Emma Pomeroy onsite inside Shanidar Cave. See National News story NNburial. Cavemen may have buried their dead with flowers, suggests a major new discovery. Cambridge University archaeologists have unearthed an “articulated” Neanderthal skeleton - meaning all in one piece with the bones still arranged in the proper order - the first in over 20 years.The skeleton, dubbed Shanidar Z, was found in the Shanidar Cave on Bradost Mountain in Iraqi Kurdistan, one of the most important archeological sites of the 20th Century. The dig had to be abandoned for a year due to the close proximity of Islamic State forces. *** Local Caption *** 30722725
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Map of the location of Shanidar Cave. See National News story NNburial. Cavemen may have buried their dead with flowers, suggests a major new discovery. Cambridge University archaeologists have unearthed an “articulated” Neanderthal skeleton - meaning all in one piece with the bones still arranged in the proper order - the first in over 20 years.The skeleton, dubbed Shanidar Z, was found in the Shanidar Cave on Bradost Mountain in Iraqi Kurdistan, one of the most important archeological sites of the 20th Century. The dig had to be abandoned for a year due to the close proximity of Islamic State forces. *** Local Caption *** 30722724
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View of the entrance to Shanidar Cave. See National News story NNburial. Cavemen may have buried their dead with flowers, suggests a major new discovery. Cambridge University archaeologists have unearthed an “articulated” Neanderthal skeleton - meaning all in one piece with the bones still arranged in the proper order - the first in over 20 years.The skeleton, dubbed Shanidar Z, was found in the Shanidar Cave on Bradost Mountain in Iraqi Kurdistan, one of the most important archeological sites of the 20th Century. The dig had to be abandoned for a year due to the close proximity of Islamic State forces. *** Local Caption *** 30722723
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NEWS - Rom: Eröffnung des Circus Maximus
Ausgrabungsstätte am Circus Maximus nach der Restaurierung wiedereröffnet / 161116 ***
ROME, ITALY - NOVEMBER 16: The Circus Maximus reopened to the public after restoration on November 16, 2016 in Rome. on November 16, 2016 in Rome, Italy
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ROME, ITALY - NOVEMBER 16: The Circus Maximus reopened to the public after restoration on November 16, 2016 in Rome. on November 16, 2016 in Rome, Italy
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ROME, ITALY - NOVEMBER 16: The Circus Maximus reopened to the public after restoration on November 16, 2016 in Rome. on November 16, 2016 in Rome, Italy
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ROME, ITALY - NOVEMBER 16: The Circus Maximus reopened to the public after restoration on November 16, 2016 in Rome. on November 16, 2016 in Rome, Italy
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Fünfjährige findet 140 Millionen Jahre altes Fossil
Emily Baldry (5) hat mit ihrem Vater Jon Baldry ein sehr seltenes 140 Millionen Jahre altes "Rieneckia odysseus" Fossil im Cotswold Water Park in Gloucestershire, Grossbritannien gefunden
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[Collect photo of father, Jon Baldry, 40 , and Emily, then aged 5, when they found the rare 140 million year old fossil at Cotswold Water Park. 12 SEPT 2011 See story SWFOSSIL A proud schoolgirl has donated a 140-million-year-old fossil to a museum - after discovering it with a seaside spade aged just FIVE. Kind hearted Emily Baldry, now six, unearthed the extremely rare Rieneckia odysseus fossil during her first archeological dig last year. She pulled the 130 lb specimen - which has a diameter of 40cm - out of the ground with stunned dad Jon Baldry at Cotswold Water Park in Gloucestershire.] (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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