“You could hear the wails of women, the cries of children, the shouts of men… many raised there arms to the gods, others declared that the gods were no longer and this was their last night on earth”, Pliny the Younger in a letter to Tacitus
These are some of the pictures that I captured when visiting Herculaneum. I have edited them a little and given them some colour because although I am no expert on these matters and I am mindful that I am doing an Arthur Evans here, my guess is that the walls and the mosaics were much more bright and vibrant two thousand years ago…
Have Bag, Will Travel 
Nice. Remaster away.
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Thanks, I usually do a bit of editing – cropping and so forth and I always try and remove satellite dishes.
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The sad thing is that most of our medieval cathedrals were brightly painted like that on the inside, but it was all removed, possibly by the Puritans. They must have been as striking a sight as these four photographs.
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How wonderful of they could be recovered?
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What a brilliant idea to re-master frescoes and such like from the ancient world.
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Did they look like that? Who really knows!
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Italy, it is one place we will hopefully wander around more next year. That’s for an informative post! Loved the comment regarding satellite dishes, they do ruin a photo of historic sites. They have the same effect as power lines!
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Just a moment of two with a photo editor and they are gone.
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You did a great job editing the photos. They look amazing!
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Quite something to have on the living room wall I imagine!
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Why dio I think that’s ugly and an eyesore? Am I missing something?
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Perhaps you prefer a gentle magnolia?
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Many of the mosaics are quite interesting, definitely worth taking a close look at. And I agree with you on the colors. –Curt
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I think the best ones are in the museum but we ran short of time and didn’t make a visit.
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Probably in London (grin). Did you make it to the National Archeological Museum in Naples. I thought it had an impressive collection of art and that the Secret Cabinet (Gabinetto Segreto) of erotic art from the era was quite interesting. Definitely worth a visit! –Curt
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Not this time Curt. We ran out of time.
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I did three posts on it, Andrew. Here’s one: http://wandering-through-time-and-place.me/2013/04/15/
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Thanks Curt
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