The well-preserved wall work depict deity Apollo searching for to seduce the Trojan priestess Cassandra, and Helen of Troy assembly Paris, which might result in battle.
“The legendary {couples} had been beginning factors for speaking concerning the previous and life,” Pompeii director Gabriel Zuchtreigel mentioned.
Speaking concerning the partitions of the banquet corridor, Zuchtreigel mentioned, “The partitions had been black to forestall the smoke from the lamps on the partitions from being seen,” he mentioned.
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The banqueting corridor, which is round 15 metres by six metres (50 ft by 20 ft), opens right into a courtyard that appears to be an open-air service passageway, with a staircase ascending to the primary ground.
Referring to the southern Italian half, Zuchtreigel mentioned, “Right here they gathered to feast after sundown, the flickering gentle of the lamps made the photographs appear to maneuver, particularly after a couple of glasses of excellent Campania wine.”
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The corridor, with its largely intact mosaic ground, was found throughout an excavation that additionally revealed a bakery, a laundry, and houses with lavish frescoed residing rooms.
Calling Pompeii a “treasure chest”, Tradition Minister Gennaro Sanguiliano mentioned, “Pompeii is really a treasure chest that by no means ceases to shock us and arouse amazement as a result of, each time we dig, we discover one thing lovely and important.”
Pompeii was devastated when Mount Vesuvius erupted about 2,000 years in the past, in 79 AD.
