Mysteries Of Pompeii

Author : Caroline Lawrence
Publisher : Orion Children's Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781444003536

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The Pirates of Pompeii by Caroline Lawrence Pdf

It is AD 79 and Mount Vesuvius has erupted, destroying Pompeii. Among the thousands of people huddled in refugee camps along the bay of Naples are Flavia Gemina and her friends, Jonathan the Jewish boy, Nubia the African slave-girl, and Lupus the mute beggar boy. When the friends discover that children are being kidnapped from the camps, they start to investigate and soon solve the mystery of the pirates of Pompeii. A terrifically exciting and dramatic story packed with superb historical detail.

Author : Laura Hamilton Waxman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN : 1512468363

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Mysteries of Pompeii by Laura Hamilton Waxman Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001*
Category : Villa of the Mysteries frescoes (Mural painting)
ISBN : 8888226060

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The Villa of Mysteries in Pompeii by Anonim Pdf

Author : Elaine K. Gazda
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015053404847

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The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii by Elaine K. Gazda Pdf

This is a catalogue of an exhibition by the Kelsey Museum at the University of Michigan which focused on a cycle of frescoes found in 1990 at the well-known villa on the outskirts of ancient Pompeii. Probably painted around 60 BC, the cycle depicts young women probably being initiated into the cult of Bacchus (Dionysus) in preparation for marriage. The catalogue presents a number of objects connected with the villa, as well as the reconstruction watercolours commissioned by Francis Willey Kelsey, founder of the museum, from Maria Barosso, an artist working in Rome at the time of the frescoes' discovery. Even more interesting are the ten essays that precede the artefacts, which focus on `women and cult in the art of Roman Italy' and have been developed out of a research group led by Gazda.

Author : Charlie Samuels
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Cities and towns, Ancient
ISBN : OCLC:1256509797

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Solving the Mysteries of Pompeii by Charlie Samuels Pdf

Pompeii is one of the world's most famous sites where ancient history can still be explored today. The devastation of the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, when mount Vesuvius erupted, has puzzled and fascinated archaeologists and historians for hundreds of years.

Author : Caroline Lawrence
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781444003529

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The Secrets of Vesuvius by Caroline Lawrence Pdf

It's the summer of AD 79 and Flavia Gemina and her friends, Jonathan, Nubia and Lupus, set sail for the Bay of Naples where they are going to stay with Flavia's uncle near Pompeii. Once they arrive, they are soon absorbed in a quest to solve a riddle that may lead to treasure. But then tragedy strikes: Mount Vesuvius erupts and the friends must flee for their lives! Not just a mystery - this is an absolutely thrilling action adventure that brings history to life!

Author : Annalisa Marzano,Guy P. R. Métraux
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781316730614

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The Roman Villa in the Mediterranean Basin by Annalisa Marzano,Guy P. R. Métraux Pdf

This volume offers a comprehensive survey of Roman villas in Italy and the Mediterranean provinces of the Roman Empire, from their origins to the collapse of the Empire. The architecture of villas could be humble or grand, and sometimes luxurious. Villas were most often farms where wine, olive oil, cereals, and manufactured goods, among other products, were produced. They were also venues for hospitality, conversation, and thinking on pagan, and ultimately Christian, themes. Villas spread as the Empire grew. Like towns and cities, they became the means of power and assimilation, just as infrastructure, such as aqueducts and bridges, was transforming the Mediterranean into a Roman sea. The distinctive Roman/Italian villa type was transferred to the provinces, resulting in Mediterranean-wide culture of rural dwelling and work that further unified the Empire.

Author : Charlie Samuel
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761431055

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Solving the Mysteries of Pompeii by Charlie Samuel Pdf

Discusses important archaeological finds from Pompeii and reveals how archaeologists use the latest technology to discover clues to its civilization.

Author : Tasha Alexander
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250164759

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In the Shadow of Vesuvius by Tasha Alexander Pdf

In skillfully intertwined storylines from the dawn of the twentieth century and the heyday of the Roman Empire, Tasha Alexander's In the Shadow of Vesuvius, the latest installment to her bestselling series, brings Lady Emily and her husband to Pompeii, where they uncover a recent crime in the ancient city. Some corpses lie undisturbed longer than others. But when Lady Emily discovers a body hidden in plain sight amongst the ruins of Pompeii, she sets in motion a deadly chain of events that ties her future to the fate of a woman whose story had been lost for nearly two thousand years. Emily and her husband, Colin Hargreaves, have accompanied her dear friend Ivy Brandon on a trip to Pompeii. When they uncover a corpse and the police dismiss the murder as the work of local gangsters, Emily launches an investigation of her own. She seems to be aided by the archaeologists excavating the ruins, including a moody painter, the enigmatic site director, and a free-thinking American capable of sparring with even the Duke of Bainbridge. But each of them has secrets hiding among the ruins. The sudden appearance of a beautiful young woman who claims a shocking relationship to the Hargreaves family throws Emily’s investigation off-course. And as she struggles to face an unsettling truth about Colin’s past, it becomes clear that someone else wants her off the case—for good. Emily’s resolve to unearth the facts is unshakable. But how far below the surface can she dig before she risks burying herself along with the truth?

Author : Ingrid D. Rowland
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674416536

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From Pompeii by Ingrid D. Rowland Pdf

The calamity that proved lethal for Pompeii inhabitants preserved the city for centuries, leaving behind a snapshot of Roman daily life that has captured the imagination of generations, including Renoir, Freud, Hirohito, Mozart, Dickens, Twain, Rossellini, and Ingrid Bergman. Interwoven is the thread of Ingrid Rowland's own impressions of Pompeii.

Author : Mary Beard
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674744417

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The Fires of Vesuvius by Mary Beard Pdf

Pompeii is the most famous archaeological site in the world, visited by more than two million people each year. Yet it is also one of the most puzzling, with an intriguing and sometimes violent history, from the sixth century BCE to the present day. Destroyed by Vesuvius in 79 CE, the ruins of Pompeii offer the best evidence we have of life in the Roman Empire. But the eruptions are only part of the story. In The Fires of Vesuvius, acclaimed historian Mary Beard makes sense of the remains. She explores what kind of town it was—more like Calcutta or the Costa del Sol?—and what it can tell us about “ordinary” life there. From sex to politics, food to religion, slavery to literacy, Beard offers us the big picture even as she takes us close enough to the past to smell the bad breath and see the intestinal tapeworms of the inhabitants of the lost city. She resurrects the Temple of Isis as a testament to ancient multiculturalism. At the Suburban Baths we go from communal bathing to hygiene to erotica. Recently, Pompeii has been a focus of pleasure and loss: from Pink Floyd’s memorable rock concert to Primo Levi’s elegy on the victims. But Pompeii still does not give up its secrets quite as easily as it may seem. This book shows us how much more and less there is to Pompeii than a city frozen in time as it went about its business on 24 August 79.

Author : Caroline Lawrence
Publisher : Orion Children's Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781444003529

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ROMAN MYSTERIES: 02 The Secrets of Vesuvius by Caroline Lawrence Pdf

It's the summer of AD 79 and Flavia Gemina and her friends, Jonathan, Nubia and Lupus, set sail for the Bay of Naples where they are going to stay with Flavia's uncle near Pompeii. Once they arrive, they are soon absorbed in a quest to solve a riddle that may lead to treasure. But then tragedy strikes: Mount Vesuvius erupts and the friends must flee for their lives! Not just a mystery - this is an absolutely thrilling action adventure that brings history to life!

Author : Charlie Samuel
Publisher : Franklin Watts
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Cities and towns, Ancient
ISBN : 1445134365

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Solving the Mysteries of Pompeii by Charlie Samuel Pdf

Author : Tim O'Shei
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-21
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781515730323

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Secrets of Pompeii by Tim O'Shei Pdf

Dig through the ruins at the base of the mighty Mount Vesuvius to discover the archeological wonder of the once-buried city of Pompeii. What do the site's ornate buildings and sculptures tell us about how the ancient Romans lived? And what can be gleaned from the body casts of those who died in Mount Vesuvius' massive outburst? Travel along with scientists to find out how their discoveries shed light on this historic site's deepest mysteries. Unlocking the secrets of the past is just an artifact away!

Author : Linda Fierz-David
Publisher : Spring Publications
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015014329216

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Women's Dionysian Initiation by Linda Fierz-David Pdf