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Daily Life In Bucharest
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA – OCTOBER 9:
The interior of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church is seen in central Bucharest, Romania, on October 9, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Daily Life In Bucharest
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA – OCTOBER 9:
The interior of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church is seen in central Bucharest, Romania, on October 9, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Daily Life In Bucharest
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA – OCTOBER 9:
The Church of the Stavropoleos Monastery for nuns is seen in central Bucharest, Romania, on October 9, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Daily Life In Bucharest
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA – OCTOBER 9:
The interior of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church is seen in central Bucharest, Romania, on October 9, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Daily Life In Bucharest
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA – OCTOBER 9:
The interior of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church is seen in central Bucharest, Romania, on October 9, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Daily Life In Bucharest
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA – OCTOBER 09:
The Goldsmiths Church, dedicated to the Birth of the Virgin Mary and Saints Martyrs Cyprian and Justina, is pictured in central Bucharest, Romania, on October 09, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Daily Life In Bucharest
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA – OCTOBER 09:
The interior of the Goldsmiths Church, dedicated to the Birth of the Virgin Mary and Saints Martyrs Cyprian and Justina, is seen in Bucharest, Romania, on October 9, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Daily Life In Bucharest
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA – OCTOBER 09:
The interior of the Goldsmiths Church, dedicated to the Birth of the Virgin Mary and Saints Martyrs Cyprian and Justina, is seen in Bucharest, Romania, on October 9, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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Daily Life In Bucharest
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA – OCTOBER 10:
A view of the Romanian Athenaeum, a neoclassical concert hall and cultural landmark, home to the George Enescu Philharmonic, is seen in Bucharest, Romania, on October 10, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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
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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 - 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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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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'It smelled like toffee apples': how I recreated the 2,000-year-old Pompeii pizza
Guardian Rome food correspondent has a go at making the meal depicted in a newly discovered ancient fresco.
It first glance it certainly does look like a pizza. The well-risen and golden crust, sunken centre blushed pink and white, a bright green leaf across the top. Looking at the roughly 2,000-year-old fresco that emerged during excavations at Pompeii, the colours leap out: the silver tray and wine goblet, the yellow orbs and rubble of nuts.
So the flashes of red and pink were in fact fruit, pomegranate and fresh dates, while the curious white and yellow could be explained as an ancient pesto of herbs and sheep’s cheese known as moretum. The rubble in front was most likely walnuts, and the curious bright yellow fruit with prickles was corbezzoli, or berries from the arbutus or strawberry tree, which also come in red and orange. The goblet, of course, was full of red wine.
I asked the professor how I could recreate this ancient "pizza" as faithfully as possible. "Einkorn," was his reply. "Stoneground. And read Columella."
Rachel Roddy cook a pizza inspired by the ancient pizza depicted in the fresco found in Pompeii.
Rome, Italy, June 29 2023.
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'It smelled like toffee apples': how I recreated the 2,000-year-old Pompeii pizza
Guardian Rome food correspondent has a go at making the meal depicted in a newly discovered ancient fresco.
It first glance it certainly does look like a pizza. The well-risen and golden crust, sunken centre blushed pink and white, a bright green leaf across the top. Looking at the roughly 2,000-year-old fresco that emerged during excavations at Pompeii, the colours leap out: the silver tray and wine goblet, the yellow orbs and rubble of nuts.
So the flashes of red and pink were in fact fruit, pomegranate and fresh dates, while the curious white and yellow could be explained as an ancient pesto of herbs and sheep’s cheese known as moretum. The rubble in front was most likely walnuts, and the curious bright yellow fruit with prickles was corbezzoli, or berries from the arbutus or strawberry tree, which also come in red and orange. The goblet, of course, was full of red wine.
I asked the professor how I could recreate this ancient "pizza" as faithfully as possible. "Einkorn," was his reply. "Stoneground. And read Columella."
Rachel Roddy cook a pizza inspired by the ancient pizza depicted in the fresco found in Pompeii.
Rome, Italy, June 29 2023.
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'It smelled like toffee apples': how I recreated the 2,000-year-old Pompeii pizza
Guardian Rome food correspondent has a go at making the meal depicted in a newly discovered ancient fresco.
It first glance it certainly does look like a pizza. The well-risen and golden crust, sunken centre blushed pink and white, a bright green leaf across the top. Looking at the roughly 2,000-year-old fresco that emerged during excavations at Pompeii, the colours leap out: the silver tray and wine goblet, the yellow orbs and rubble of nuts.
So the flashes of red and pink were in fact fruit, pomegranate and fresh dates, while the curious white and yellow could be explained as an ancient pesto of herbs and sheep’s cheese known as moretum. The rubble in front was most likely walnuts, and the curious bright yellow fruit with prickles was corbezzoli, or berries from the arbutus or strawberry tree, which also come in red and orange. The goblet, of course, was full of red wine.
I asked the professor how I could recreate this ancient "pizza" as faithfully as possible. "Einkorn," was his reply. "Stoneground. And read Columella."
Rachel Roddy cook a pizza inspired by the ancient pizza depicted in the fresco found in Pompeii.
Rome, Italy, June 29 2023.
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'It smelled like toffee apples': how I recreated the 2,000-year-old Pompeii pizza
Guardian Rome food correspondent has a go at making the meal depicted in a newly discovered ancient fresco.
It first glance it certainly does look like a pizza. The well-risen and golden crust, sunken centre blushed pink and white, a bright green leaf across the top. Looking at the roughly 2,000-year-old fresco that emerged during excavations at Pompeii, the colours leap out: the silver tray and wine goblet, the yellow orbs and rubble of nuts.
So the flashes of red and pink were in fact fruit, pomegranate and fresh dates, while the curious white and yellow could be explained as an ancient pesto of herbs and sheep’s cheese known as moretum. The rubble in front was most likely walnuts, and the curious bright yellow fruit with prickles was corbezzoli, or berries from the arbutus or strawberry tree, which also come in red and orange. The goblet, of course, was full of red wine.
I asked the professor how I could recreate this ancient "pizza" as faithfully as possible. "Einkorn," was his reply. "Stoneground. And read Columella."
Rachel Roddy cook a pizza inspired by the ancient pizza depicted in the fresco found in Pompeii.
Rome, Italy, June 29 2023.
© Victor Sokolowicz / Guardian / eyevine
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'It smelled like toffee apples': how I recreated the 2,000-year-old Pompeii pizza
Guardian Rome food correspondent has a go at making the meal depicted in a newly discovered ancient fresco.
It first glance it certainly does look like a pizza. The well-risen and golden crust, sunken centre blushed pink and white, a bright green leaf across the top. Looking at the roughly 2,000-year-old fresco that emerged during excavations at Pompeii, the colours leap out: the silver tray and wine goblet, the yellow orbs and rubble of nuts.
So the flashes of red and pink were in fact fruit, pomegranate and fresh dates, while the curious white and yellow could be explained as an ancient pesto of herbs and sheep’s cheese known as moretum. The rubble in front was most likely walnuts, and the curious bright yellow fruit with prickles was corbezzoli, or berries from the arbutus or strawberry tree, which also come in red and orange. The goblet, of course, was full of red wine.
I asked the professor how I could recreate this ancient "pizza" as faithfully as possible. "Einkorn," was his reply. "Stoneground. And read Columella."
Rachel Roddy cook a pizza inspired by the ancient pizza depicted in the fresco found in Pompeii.
Rome, Italy, June 29 2023.
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'It smelled like toffee apples': how I recreated the 2,000-year-old Pompeii pizza
Guardian Rome food correspondent has a go at making the meal depicted in a newly discovered ancient fresco.
It first glance it certainly does look like a pizza. The well-risen and golden crust, sunken centre blushed pink and white, a bright green leaf across the top. Looking at the roughly 2,000-year-old fresco that emerged during excavations at Pompeii, the colours leap out: the silver tray and wine goblet, the yellow orbs and rubble of nuts.
So the flashes of red and pink were in fact fruit, pomegranate and fresh dates, while the curious white and yellow could be explained as an ancient pesto of herbs and sheep’s cheese known as moretum. The rubble in front was most likely walnuts, and the curious bright yellow fruit with prickles was corbezzoli, or berries from the arbutus or strawberry tree, which also come in red and orange. The goblet, of course, was full of red wine.
I asked the professor how I could recreate this ancient "pizza" as faithfully as possible. "Einkorn," was his reply. "Stoneground. And read Columella."
Rachel Roddy cook a pizza inspired by the ancient pizza depicted in the fresco found in Pompeii.
Rome, Italy, June 29 2023.
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'It smelled like toffee apples': how I recreated the 2,000-year-old Pompeii pizza
Guardian Rome food correspondent has a go at making the meal depicted in a newly discovered ancient fresco.
It first glance it certainly does look like a pizza. The well-risen and golden crust, sunken centre blushed pink and white, a bright green leaf across the top. Looking at the roughly 2,000-year-old fresco that emerged during excavations at Pompeii, the colours leap out: the silver tray and wine goblet, the yellow orbs and rubble of nuts.
So the flashes of red and pink were in fact fruit, pomegranate and fresh dates, while the curious white and yellow could be explained as an ancient pesto of herbs and sheep’s cheese known as moretum. The rubble in front was most likely walnuts, and the curious bright yellow fruit with prickles was corbezzoli, or berries from the arbutus or strawberry tree, which also come in red and orange. The goblet, of course, was full of red wine.
I asked the professor how I could recreate this ancient "pizza" as faithfully as possible. "Einkorn," was his reply. "Stoneground. And read Columella."
Rachel Roddy cook a pizza inspired by the ancient pizza depicted in the fresco found in Pompeii.
Rome, Italy, June 29 2023.
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'It smelled like toffee apples': how I recreated the 2,000-year-old Pompeii pizza
Guardian Rome food correspondent has a go at making the meal depicted in a newly discovered ancient fresco.
It first glance it certainly does look like a pizza. The well-risen and golden crust, sunken centre blushed pink and white, a bright green leaf across the top. Looking at the roughly 2,000-year-old fresco that emerged during excavations at Pompeii, the colours leap out: the silver tray and wine goblet, the yellow orbs and rubble of nuts.
So the flashes of red and pink were in fact fruit, pomegranate and fresh dates, while the curious white and yellow could be explained as an ancient pesto of herbs and sheep’s cheese known as moretum. The rubble in front was most likely walnuts, and the curious bright yellow fruit with prickles was corbezzoli, or berries from the arbutus or strawberry tree, which also come in red and orange. The goblet, of course, was full of red wine.
I asked the professor how I could recreate this ancient "pizza" as faithfully as possible. "Einkorn," was his reply. "Stoneground. And read Columella."
Rachel Roddy cook a pizza inspired by the ancient pizza depicted in the fresco found in Pompeii.
Rome, Italy, June 29 2023.
© Victor Sokolowicz / Guardian / eyevine
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'It smelled like toffee apples': how I recreated the 2,000-year-old Pompeii pizza
Guardian Rome food correspondent has a go at making the meal depicted in a newly discovered ancient fresco.
It first glance it certainly does look like a pizza. The well-risen and golden crust, sunken centre blushed pink and white, a bright green leaf across the top. Looking at the roughly 2,000-year-old fresco that emerged during excavations at Pompeii, the colours leap out: the silver tray and wine goblet, the yellow orbs and rubble of nuts.
So the flashes of red and pink were in fact fruit, pomegranate and fresh dates, while the curious white and yellow could be explained as an ancient pesto of herbs and sheep’s cheese known as moretum. The rubble in front was most likely walnuts, and the curious bright yellow fruit with prickles was corbezzoli, or berries from the arbutus or strawberry tree, which also come in red and orange. The goblet, of course, was full of red wine.
I asked the professor how I could recreate this ancient "pizza" as faithfully as possible. "Einkorn," was his reply. "Stoneground. And read Columella."
Rachel Roddy cook a pizza inspired by the ancient pizza depicted in the fresco found in Pompeii.
Rome, Italy, June 29 2023.
© Victor Sokolowicz / Guardian / eyevine
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'It smelled like toffee apples': how I recreated the 2,000-year-old Pompeii pizza
Guardian Rome food correspondent has a go at making the meal depicted in a newly discovered ancient fresco.
It first glance it certainly does look like a pizza. The well-risen and golden crust, sunken centre blushed pink and white, a bright green leaf across the top. Looking at the roughly 2,000-year-old fresco that emerged during excavations at Pompeii, the colours leap out: the silver tray and wine goblet, the yellow orbs and rubble of nuts.
So the flashes of red and pink were in fact fruit, pomegranate and fresh dates, while the curious white and yellow could be explained as an ancient pesto of herbs and sheep’s cheese known as moretum. The rubble in front was most likely walnuts, and the curious bright yellow fruit with prickles was corbezzoli, or berries from the arbutus or strawberry tree, which also come in red and orange. The goblet, of course, was full of red wine.
I asked the professor how I could recreate this ancient "pizza" as faithfully as possible. "Einkorn," was his reply. "Stoneground. And read Columella."
Rachel Roddy cook a pizza inspired by the ancient pizza depicted in the fresco found in Pompeii.
Rome, Italy, June 29 2023.
© Victor Sokolowicz / Guardian / eyevine
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'It smelled like toffee apples': how I recreated the 2,000-year-old Pompeii pizza
Guardian Rome food correspondent has a go at making the meal depicted in a newly discovered ancient fresco.
It first glance it certainly does look like a pizza. The well-risen and golden crust, sunken centre blushed pink and white, a bright green leaf across the top. Looking at the roughly 2,000-year-old fresco that emerged during excavations at Pompeii, the colours leap out: the silver tray and wine goblet, the yellow orbs and rubble of nuts.
So the flashes of red and pink were in fact fruit, pomegranate and fresh dates, while the curious white and yellow could be explained as an ancient pesto of herbs and sheep’s cheese known as moretum. The rubble in front was most likely walnuts, and the curious bright yellow fruit with prickles was corbezzoli, or berries from the arbutus or strawberry tree, which also come in red and orange. The goblet, of course, was full of red wine.
I asked the professor how I could recreate this ancient "pizza" as faithfully as possible. "Einkorn," was his reply. "Stoneground. And read Columella."
Rachel Roddy cook a pizza inspired by the ancient pizza depicted in the fresco found in Pompeii.
Rome, Italy, June 29 2023.
© Victor Sokolowicz / Guardian / eyevine
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'It smelled like toffee apples': how I recreated the 2,000-year-old Pompeii pizza
Guardian Rome food correspondent has a go at making the meal depicted in a newly discovered ancient fresco.
It first glance it certainly does look like a pizza. The well-risen and golden crust, sunken centre blushed pink and white, a bright green leaf across the top. Looking at the roughly 2,000-year-old fresco that emerged during excavations at Pompeii, the colours leap out: the silver tray and wine goblet, the yellow orbs and rubble of nuts.
So the flashes of red and pink were in fact fruit, pomegranate and fresh dates, while the curious white and yellow could be explained as an ancient pesto of herbs and sheep’s cheese known as moretum. The rubble in front was most likely walnuts, and the curious bright yellow fruit with prickles was corbezzoli, or berries from the arbutus or strawberry tree, which also come in red and orange. The goblet, of course, was full of red wine.
I asked the professor how I could recreate this ancient "pizza" as faithfully as possible. "Einkorn," was his reply. "Stoneground. And read Columella."
Rachel Roddy cook a pizza with Henrietta Inman, inspired by the ancient pizza depicted in the fresco found in Pompeii.
Rome, Italy, June 29 2023.
© Victor Sokolowicz / Guardian / eyevine
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'It smelled like toffee apples': how I recreated the 2,000-year-old Pompeii pizza
Guardian Rome food correspondent has a go at making the meal depicted in a newly discovered ancient fresco.
It first glance it certainly does look like a pizza. The well-risen and golden crust, sunken centre blushed pink and white, a bright green leaf across the top. Looking at the roughly 2,000-year-old fresco that emerged during excavations at Pompeii, the colours leap out: the silver tray and wine goblet, the yellow orbs and rubble of nuts.
So the flashes of red and pink were in fact fruit, pomegranate and fresh dates, while the curious white and yellow could be explained as an ancient pesto of herbs and sheep’s cheese known as moretum. The rubble in front was most likely walnuts, and the curious bright yellow fruit with prickles was corbezzoli, or berries from the arbutus or strawberry tree, which also come in red and orange. The goblet, of course, was full of red wine.
I asked the professor how I could recreate this ancient "pizza" as faithfully as possible. "Einkorn," was his reply. "Stoneground. And read Columella."
Rachel Roddy cook a pizza with Henrietta Inman, inspired by the ancient pizza depicted in the fresco found in Pompeii.
Rome, Italy, June 29 2023.
© Victor Sokolowicz / Guardian / eyevine
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Belgium, Ostend, Portrait of singer Arno on a wall of the Town Hall in Ostend. The city of Ostend is the birthplace of singer Arno. The city pays homage to him with a fresco. This is a work by British artist Helen Bur commissioned by The Crystal Ship Festival of the Arts.
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Belgium, Ostend, Portrait of singer Arno on a wall of the Town Hall in Ostend. The city of Ostend is the birthplace of singer Arno. The city pays homage to him with a fresco. This is a work by British artist Helen Bur commissioned by The Crystal Ship Festival of the Arts.
Jean-Marc Pierard-DALLE (FOTO: DUKAS/DALLE)
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Belgium, Ostend, Portrait of singer Arno on a wall of the Town Hall in Ostend. The city of Ostend is the birthplace of singer Arno. The city pays homage to him with a fresco. This is a work by British artist Helen Bur commissioned by The Crystal Ship Festival of the Arts.
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Interior of the Notre Dame de la Garde church, Marseille, Bouches du Rhone, Provence, France, Europe
Interior of the Notre Dame de la Garde church, Marseille, Bouches du Rhone, Provence, France, Europe
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Interior of the Notre Dame de la Garde church, Marseille, Bouches du Rhone, Provence, France, Europe
Interior of the Notre Dame de la Garde church, Marseille, Bouches du Rhone, Provence, France, Europe
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Interior of the St. Nicholas Cathedral in the old town, Monaco Ville, Monaco, Cote d'Azur, French Riviera, Mediterranean, Europe
Interior of the St. Nicholas Cathedral in the old town, Monaco Ville, Monaco, Cote d'Azur, French Riviera, Mediterranean, Europe
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Ceremonial Room, Lascaris Palace, Nice, South of France,
Ceremonial Room, Lascaris Palace, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Cote d'Azur, French Riviera, Provence, France, Mediterranean, Europe
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Interior of St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Nice, South of France,
Interior of St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Cote d'Azur, French Riviera, Provence, France, Mediterranean, Europe
Neil Farrin -
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Inside of Wat Rong Suea Ten (Blue Temple) in Chiang Rai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
Inside of Wat Rong Suea Ten (Blue Temple) in Chiang Rai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
Toms Auzins -
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Reclining golden Buddha in Wat Phra Chetuphon (Wat Pho) temple, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
Reclining golden Buddha in Wat Phra Chetuphon (Wat Pho) temple, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Reclining golden Buddha in Wat Phra Chetuphon (Wat Pho) temple, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
Reclining golden Buddha in Wat Phra Chetuphon (Wat Pho) temple, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
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