Walk around in a 3D splendid house from the ancient Pompeii
By combining traditional archaeology with 3D technology, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have managed to reconstruct a house in Pompeii to its original state before the volcano eruption of Mount Vesuvius thousands of years ago. Unique video material has now been produced, showing their creation of a 3D model of an entire block of houses.
After the catastrophic earthquake in Italy in 1980, the Pompeii city curator invited the international research community to help document the ruin city, before the state of the finds from the volcano eruption in AD 79 would deteriorate even further. The Swedish Pompeii Project was therefore started at the Swedish Institute in Rome in 2000. The researcher in charge of the rescue operation was Anne-Marie Leander Touati, at the time director of the institute in Rome, now Professor of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at Lund University.
Since 2010, the research has been managed by the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History in Lund. The project now also includes a new branch of advanced digital archaeology, with 3D models demonstrating the completed photo documentation. The city district was scanned during the field work in 2011–2012 and the first 3D models of the ruin city have now been completed. The models show what life was like for the people of Pompeii before the volcano eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The researchers have even managed to complete a detailed reconstruction of a large house, belonging to the wealthy man Caecilius Iucundus.
“By combining new technology with more traditional methods, we can describe Pompeii in greater detail and more accurately than was previously possible”, says Nicoló Dell´Unto, digital archaeologist at Lund University.
Among other things, the researchers have uncovered floor surfaces from AD 79, performed detailed studies of the building development through history, cleaned and documented three large wealthy estates, a tavern, a laundry, a bakery and several gardens. In one garden, they discovered that some of the taps to a stunning fountain were on at the time of eruption – the water was still gushing when the rain of ash and pumice fell over Pompeii.
The researchers occasionally also found completely untouched layers. In a shop were three, amazingly enough, intact windows (made out of translucent crystalline gypsum) from Ancient Rome, stacked against each other. By studying the water and sewer systems they were able to interpret the social hierarchies at the time, and see how retailers and restaurants were dependent on large wealthy families for water, and how the conditions improved towards the end, before the eruption.
An aqueduct was built in Pompeii, enabling residents to no longer having to rely on a few deep wells or the tanks of collected rainwater in large wealthy households.
The work behind the 3D film and a discussion on the credibility of the reconstructions are presented in an article, published in SCIRES Italy.
Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione and the Humanities Lab at Lund University have contributed to the development of the material and 3D work.
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Article: Reconstructing the Original Splendour of the House of Caecilius Iucundus. A Complete Methodology for Virtual Archaeology Aimed at Digital Exhibition.
House of Caecilius Iucundus in Pompeii (Pompeya)
La Domus de Caecilius Iucundus en Pompeya. Un equipo internacional de investigadores dirigido por arqueólogos de la Universidad de Lund ha reconstruido virtualmente en 3D la gran domus del banquero pompeyano Lucio Cecilio Iucundus.
Pompeii and the House of Sallust - 3D Reconstruction
The House of Sallust at Pompeii was discovered more than 200 years ago, and still is one of the best-preserved elite homes in the city. In it, you can see both continuity & modification -- both reflecting the tastes and styles of Roman life over time. I have used the Medieval Engineers software engine with many mods to create this walkable, playable, explorable version. This introduction will show you a little bit about how Romans conceived of the idea of home and how they used their space to reflect their values. I hope you enjoy!
If you have Medieval Engineers, you can download and walk through this whole Pompeii build yourself, at no extra charge. It's on the Steam Workshop:
LINKS:
Real-life House of Sallust walkthrough:
A Drone Over Pompeii:
Pompeii in Pictures, House of Sallust:
Music sampled from:
Michael Levy - Ancient Greek Music
Hang Massive - Once Again
Michael Levy - The Hurrian Hymn
Italy, Pompeii - House of the Faun
Photographer:Samuel Magal (samuel@sites-and-photos.com)
The House of the Faun was built in the 2nd century BC during the Samnite period (80 BC).There is evidence, most notably in the eastern walls of the tetrastyle atrium, that after the great earthquake in AD 62, the House of the Faun was rebuilt and/or repaired yet, the building was only used again until AD 79, ultimately rendered unusable by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Researchers reconstruct house from old Pompeii using 3D-technology
By combining traditional archaeology with 3D technology, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have managed to reconstruct a house in Pompeii to its original state before the volcano eruption of Mount Vesuvius thousands of years ago. Unique video material has now been produced, showing their creation of a 3D model of an entire block of houses. For a 3-minute tour: After the catastrophic earthquake in Italy in 1980, the Pompeii city curator invited the international research community to help document the ruin city, before the state of the finds from the volcano eruption in AD 79 would deteriorate even further. The Swedish Pompeii Project was therefore started at the Swedish Institute in Rome in 2000. The researcher in charge of the rescue operation was Anne-Marie Leander Touati, at the time director of the institute in Rome, now Professor of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at Lund University.
Since 2010, the research has been managed by the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History in Lund. The project now also includes a new branch of advanced digital archaeology, with 3D models demonstrating the completed photo documentation. The city district was scanned during the field work in 2011–2012 and the first 3D models of the ruin city have now been completed. The models show what life was like for the people of Pompeii before the volcano eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The researchers have even managed to complete a detailed reconstruction of a large house, belonging to the wealthy man Caecilius Iucundus.
“By combining new technology with more traditional methods, we can describe Pompeii in greater detail and more accurately than was previously possible”, says Nicoló Dell´Unto, digital archaeologist at Lund University.
Among other things, the researchers have uncovered floor surfaces from AD 79, performed detailed studies of the building development through history, cleaned and documented three large wealthy estates, a tavern, a laundry, a bakery and several gardens. In one garden, they discovered that some of the taps to a stunning fountain were on at the time of eruption – the water was still gushing when the rain of ash and pumice fell over Pompeii.
The researchers occasionally also found completely untouched layers. In a shop were three, amazingly enough, intact windows (made out of translucent crystalline gypsum) from Ancient Rome, stacked against each other. By studying the water and sewer systems they were able to interpret the social hierarchies at the time, and see how retailers and restaurants were dependent on large wealthy families for water, and how the conditions improved towards the end, before the eruption.
An aqueduct was built in Pompeii, enabling residents to no longer having to rely on a few deep wells or the tanks of collected rainwater in large wealthy households.
The work behind the 3D film and a discussion on the credibility of the reconstructions are presented in an article, published in SCIRES Italy.
Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione and the Humanities Lab at Lund University have contributed to the development of the material and 3D work.
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Article: Reconstructing the Original Splendour of the House of Caecilius Iucundus. A Complete Methodology for Virtual Archaeology Aimed at Digital Exhibition.
Pompeii Virtual Tour Part 5: Villa of Mysteries
DOMUS of CAIO JULIUS POLYBIUS IN POMPEII
The house has come to life again thanks to a long and elaborate process of interdisciplinary study based on the diaries of the excavation, drawn up in the 70s, and other analytical data, achieved by Altair 4 Multimedia on request of the University of Tokyo, specifically of Prof. Masanori Aoyagi with the assistance by Dr. Annamaria Ciarallo, head of the laboratory of Applied Research of the Archaeological Soprintendenza of Pompeii.
To obtain the elaboration of the video, Altair 4 of Rome performed a digital restoration on tens of frescos, a virtual reconstruction of all the house and the dynamics of the eruption and its impact, which involved 12 scientists, modelers and 3D graphics, for a total of over 10,000 hours working.
The complex reconstruction work was displayed with three-dimensional processing that accompanies the viewer to discover the rooms of the house, rebuilt in every detail, including the exact position of the objects of daily use, as well as have been found. The aim of the film is to give the visitor back a house still ‘alive’, just a moment before the catastrophe, and to illustrate its destruction and rediscovery. This narration can, therefore, be considered exemplary for the entire ancient town.
Some rare historical pictures showing the house at the time of its discovery, have been superimposed to the corresponding virtual images: this leap in time allows us to perceive and compare the vision of what remained with what has been reconstructed virtually.
Apart from the images in the viewer, on request, it is possible to have videos or other images from different perspectives.
House of Octavius Quartio, Pompeii
House of Octavius Quartio, Pompeii
Pompeii Virtual Walk in 4K Part 4
This virtual walk begins on the Via di Mercurio. You'll soon arrive at the House of the Small Fountain(Casa dell Fontana Piccola) where you will see the recently restored garden fountain and bronze statue of a fisherman. You'll then continue to the largest and most famous house in all Pompeii, the House of the Faun (Casa del Fauno). A dancing faun was found inside the house when it was first excavated back in 1831. Inside you will see beautiful floor mosaics, two indoor gardens called peristyles, and the famous dancing faun. Moments later you will be inside another luxurious residence called the House of the Vettii, named for its owners, Aulus Vettius Conviva and Aulus Vettius Restitutus. Inside you will see several beautifully painted frescoes, an ancient safe and a unique fountain statue of Priapus, the god of fertility, marked by his over sized permanent erection. Finally you will walk down Vico dei Vettii to the Castellum Aquae, the ancient cistern that supplied Pompeii with its fresh water. The walk ends after going through the Vesuvius gate and walking around the necropolis.
00:00 Via di Mercurio
01:32 - House of the Small Fountain
07:08 - House of the Faun
11:55 - House of the Vettii
19:20 - Castellum Aquae
19:33 - Vesuvius Gate
19:50 - Necropolis
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POMPEII: House of the Faun (English Version)
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The famous House of the Faun of Pompeii.
English Version
Directed by Gigi Oliviero
Lenght: 3'13
Pompeii 3D Reconstruction: Theres No Place Like Home
While in Pompeii few could reach the elite, many tried to recreate the good life in their own ways. Some more successfully than others. From grand urban villas, to small private homes, to smaller apartments, see all the different things home could mean in ancient Pompeii.
This build created with Medieval Engineers software and a number of mods. If you own Medieval Engineers, you can download my Virtual Pompeii build and walk through all of these homes yourself:
Great Pompeii resources are available at Pompeii in Pictures:
Music used in this video:
-- The Old Apartment (cover)
-- Burnin for You (cover)
-- Home (cover 1)
-- Home (cover 2)
House of the Orchard, Pompeii
House of the Orchard, Pompeii
House of the Menander at Pompeii (I.10.4) with the Service Quarters
This is another walk-round the House of the Menander at Pompeii, this time starting in the extreme south-west in what are called the farm buildings alongside the slave quarters. Here equipment was stored for farming land outside the city walls. These rooms are not decorated and were accessed via an L-shaped corridor that ran behind the house's tricinlium. A side entrance to the house led to this corridor via a hall and led up to the peristyle. You can see how this enabled slaves to carry food and drink to the house's owners and how it must have felt walking up the narrow corridor to the grand painted rooms that surrounded the peristyle and atrium. The House of the Menander has been expensively restored but is rarely open to the public. This film was shot in October 2010 on one of those rare occasions. Note the evidence of heavy rain - a few days later the House of the Gladiators collapsed from the downpours and made international news. This film is of interest to anyone studying Pompeii, especially OCR's CC6 City Life in Roman Italy paper for AS-level Classical Civilization.
An Italian Adventure: Pompeii, Villas and the Amalphi Coast
We went to the site of Pompeii, the Country Villas of Boscoreale and Oplontis and a drive down the Amalphi Coast.
Gulf of Naples, Italy
Nov. 7 2013
All video and pictures are mine.
Disclaimer: I do not own the music used.
Pictures In Order of Appearance:
Picture 1: A plaster cast of The Dog from the AD 79 eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, from the site of Pompeii, Italy. It is not the original plaster cast of The Dog. (The original cast is at the site and museum of Boscoreale, which is seen later in the pictures.)
Picture 2: A plaster cast of a crouched/sitting man holding a piece of cloth over his face- from the site of Pompeii, Italy who died in the AD 79 eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.
Picture 3: A plaster cast of a 17 year old pregnant girl, from the site of Pomepii, Italy who died in the AD 79 eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.
Picture 4: A protected room with multiple plaster casts of ancient people who died in Pompeii, from the AD 79 eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Pictured in the room is a man, propped up on a step and a mother and child.
Picture 5: Two plaster casts of small children from Pompeii, Italy who died in the AD 79 eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.
Picture 6: A plaster cast of a small child who died in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79. From the site of Pompeii, Italy.
Picture 7: A plaster cast of a man who died in the AD 79 eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, from the site of Pompeii, Italy.
(After the video clip)
Picture 8: The first panel in the famous frescos from the Villa of the Mysteries which is just outside the city of Pompeii. The fresco depicts an Initiation of a young woman into a mystery cult of Dionysus and spans the entire room. The first panel shows the young woman being groomed for the initiation process.
Picture 9: The second and third panels of the Initiation process from the frescoes in the Villa of the Mysteries. The initiate is shown with mythical creatures, being whipped by winged figures.
Picture 10: The fourth panel of the Initiation fresco, depicting the end of the Initiation process, including a feast with current members of the cult. (There is one more panel, but it could not be seen since the room was roped off and the panel was against the wall of the doorway with the rope.)
Picture 11: The original 'Dog' plaster cast from Pompeii, Italy which is held in the museum at the country villa site of Boscoreale. The dog was chained in a yard and fought to get free before the toxins killed him and made his muscles contract. Viewing the cast you can see the fur, paws, collar and teeth.
Picture 11: The Boar from the site of Pompeii, Italy. On the Boar you can see the bones- the only plaster cast containing original bone- which appear as brittle reeds to the viewer because of their fragile and damaged state. The Boar is in the museum at the country villa site of Boscoreale.
Picture 12: A room in the Oplontis Villa, the country villa of Poppea- Nero's second wife. The room has a shrine area- lararium- for the household gods. It also has two windows which open into 'plant' areas between rooms.
Picture 13: A 'Plant area' between rooms in the country villa of Poppea- Nero's second wife. A planter box within the inner room holds a tree, and painted on the walls of the inner room are fountain, plant and landscape scenes to accompany the living vegetation.
Picture 14: Mount Vesuvius and the Gulf of Naples- viewed from the other side of the Gulf.
Picture 15: A city and bay along the Amalphi Coast of Italy
Picture 17: Along the Amalphi Coast drive a fire had broken out on the mountainside. The small yellow dot is a helicopter dropping water on the line of fire closest to the road.
Picture 18: A city along the Amalphi Coast, with sunset lighting the top of the mountain
about the city.
Picture 19: A city and bay along the Amalphi Coast where the sun is setting behind the portion of land stretching into the ocean creating the bay.
Villa di Poppaea, Oplontis - Emperor Nero's wife's residence near Pompeii
Two thousand years ago a woman called Poppaea Sabina lived in this large seaside villa in the ancient Roman town of Oplontis (now Torre Annuziata) near Pompeii.
Poppaea was the second wife of the brutal Roman Emperor Nero who persecuted the early Christians.
Poppaea is believed to have been the owner of the villa although some historians think that the villa was owned by Emperor Nero himself. Regardless of who was the actual owner, both Nero and Poppaea used the seaside villa.as their second home.
Following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD.79 the villa, also known as Villa Oplontis, was buried in ash and lay undiscovered until the first phase of excavation began in the 1800's. The second round of excavation began in the 1960s.
To reach the well preserved villa with its beautiful frescoes and Olympic sized pool, take the Circumvesuviana train line and get off at Torre Annunziata - Oplonti (one stop from Pompeii Scavi). On exiting the train station turn left, walk to the end of the street then turn right and continue walking down the hill. The villa is easy to spot and is only a 5 minute walk from the train station.
House of the Mysteries in Pompeii
Welcome to the house of the Mysteries! In this video you will see the whole via including the Egyptian room and the hall on initiation. Look out for the erotic scene of one woman whipping another as part of the rites of Dionysus!
Pompeii: Upper Class Meets Working Class
In ancient Pompeii, the richest and poorest lived amid each other, often separated only by a thin partition wall. Their lives & worlds also mingled on the streets. The smell of bakeries, the din of smithies, the hustle and bustle of taverns and shops. Take a short tour of the various industry & commerce, patronage & charity one could find within steps of the elite House of Sallust.
Source of many photos & details: Pompeii In Pictures
-- House of Sallust is Regio VI, Insula 2, Units 1-6 and 30-32.
-- Smithy & taverns of Acisculus / Phoebus are Insula 1, Units 14-18
Music:
Hang Massive, Once Again
Michael Levy, Ancient Greek Music
Ophira Zakai, Renaissance Lute
POMPEI - Scavi e Villa dei Misteri - HD
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Dopo quasi due anni di restauri (2013-2015) e una chiusura al pubblico di tre mesi, ha riaperto al pubblico la Villa dei Misteri di Pompei, nota per gli affreschi ispirati al mito di Dioniso.
La Villa dei Misteri comprende oltre 70 ambienti per circa 3mila metri quadrati ed è un esempio di commistione tra villa d’otium, dal panorama unico, e villa rustica situata nella parte suburbana di Pompei. Appartenuta forse alla famiglia degli Istacidii, risale al II secolo a. C. con successive trasformazioni fino al momento dell’eruzione nel 79 d. C. Le decorazioni delle pareti si differenziano a seconda del periodo storico durante le quali sono state realizzate: il tablino è affrescato con pareti nere mentre nel ciclo pittorico del Salone dei Misteri è il rosso a prevalere.
“Le pitture che si trovano nel grande salone ora sono un unicum ma forse prima non era così – spiega l’archeologo Antonio Varone – Uno straordinario ciclo pittorico, una megalografia, con persone rappresentate a grandezza naturale, di un artista campano, con un’elevata qualità pittorica. In alcuni volti ci sono spinte ritrattistiche, anche se l’artista non creava ma copiava da modelli”. “Dietro c’è un grosso sforzo economico – sottolinea l’esperto – lo dimostra il cinabro, il colore rosso utilizzato, che ai quei tempi veniva importato dall’Oriente e quindi fornito dal committente dell’opera”.
Le origini della località sono davvero antichissime, tanto quanto quelle romane, infatti la Gens
Pompeia discendeva dal popolo degli Oschi, una delle prime popolazioni che occuparono la
penisola. Nella seconda metà del VII secolo a.C. nacque un insediamento primitivo, un
agglomerato di abitazioni raccolte nei pressi di un nodo commerciale importante, laddove si
intersecavano le vie provenienti da Cuma, Nola e Stabia.
Il traffico continuo lungo le strade comportò, insieme ai vantaggi economici, degli inconvenienti
da un punto di vista della sicurezza: ben presto arrivarono gli attacchi dei popoli confinanti,
primo fra tutti quello sferrato dalla colonia greca di Cuma tra il 525 e il 474 a.C. Ma
l’avvenimento davvero saliente della storia pompeiana, quello che ha reso famosa in tutto il
mondo la città della Campania, fu l’eruzione del Vesuvio del 79 d.C, che rase gli edifici del
centro e sterminò gli abitanti impreparati
Non a caso nel 1997 l’UNESCO ha dichiarato Pompei Patrimonio Mondiale dell’Umnaità,
insieme alla vicina Ercolano e ai comuni limitrofi, tutti sepolti dalla lava e cristallizzati per
sempre.
Italy, Pompeii - The Great Palaestra
Photographer:Samuel Magal (samuel@sites-and-photos.com)The great Palaestra consists of a large open air square, approximately 140 x 140 m, surrounded by porticoes and enclosed by a high wall with battlements in which there are 10 doors. All that is left of the centuries-old plane trees that were on the three sides of the great courtyard at the time of the eruption are moulds of the roots and there lies a 23 x 35 m pool at the centre.
360 VR Tour | Pompeii | Forum of Pompeii | Temple of Jupiter | Temple of Venus | No comments tour
This awesome virtual reality 360 degree VR tour video (VR Walk), shot on a journey to Pompeii city and its main attractions and sights like Forum of Pompeii (Foro di Pompei) with Temple of Jupiter (Tempio di Giove), Temple of Venus (Tempio di Venere) and The basilica of Pompeii. Video filmed on camera Samsung Gear 360 (which is similar in quality to the Nikon Keymission 360 camera). This tour can be viewed perfectly on any smartphone, iPhone or Samsung Galaxy.
Using different vr headsets, such as the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, Sony Playstation VR, Google Cardboard and Google Daydream View, feel the amazing experience and immerse yourself in VR adventure in your home!
360° Video
Shooting date: 1 April 2017