CLA160H1 Lecture 18: CLA160 Lecture 18 Notes.doc
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Many styles of wall paintings rich colours, beautiful designs imagery, mythological scenes fresco of the trojan horse in pompeii romans had images of greek myth in homes facets of everyday life in pompeii is shown in frescos example of thoughtful female with stylus, gambling men with dice, sexually explicit imagery of a phallus or sexual acts brothels in the ruins of pompeii archaeology has worked out the uses of the different rooms graffiti has been found on the walls streets have been well preserved in pompeii some streets appear to be designed to allow people to cross the street as well as avoid the dirt/muck some streets have ruts perhaps to collect dirt or to allow carts to go along securely to keep the axel in line shops in pompeii counters and containers built into them unknown, for the most part, what exactly was sold at the shops.