……beautiful, hard to imagine the incredible richness of these rooms with their inhabitants in their gowns and their furnishings including plants, cats, dogs and birds populating these worlds
This astonishing matched pair of elaborately decorated bronze Gladiator Greaves come from Pompeii and have been travelling the world in an exhibition that has been touring for well over a decade. We can see that as the greave moves up towards the knee they expand outward dramatically (when compared to soldiers' versions) and this would be to accommodate men with large calf muscles and then heavily muscled lower thighs and probably padding attached to the fighters' legs for comfort and extra protection - these are decorative, practical and beyond beautiful.
Italien ist bereit, Gastgeber zu sein, während Musk Zuckerbergs Unmut zum Ausdruck bringt
Der Tesla-Chef Elon Musk hat angekündigt, dass sein geplanter Käfigkampf mit dem Facebook-Chef Mark Zuckerberg an einem “epischen Ort” mit einem antiken römischen Thema stattfinden wird. Italien hat signalisiert, dass es bereit ist, den Kampf auszurichten. Italiens Kulturminister Gennaro Sangiuliano sprach von einer großen wohltätigen und historisch bedeutsamen Veranstaltung, nannte jedoch keine…
Girl with pearl earring by a Pompeii painter and by Vermeer; source: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10223951020784953&set=gm.6433171160077450&idorvanity=6072554022805834