CLASSICS 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Getty Villa, Peristyle, House Of The Faun
13 May 2016
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Busts found in peristyle garden: goddess diana, artemis, 2 hellenistic kings. Some villas would have their own areas for hunting. Picture: view of portico around peristyle, j. paul getty museum, malibu. Picture: copies of dancers in small peristyle court, getty villa. Picture: copy of resting hermes, peristyle garden, getty villa, malibu. More people were able to getaway from herculaneum because thee was less debris. 18-20 hours to residue on the volcano, the rain pushed in down to herculaneum so it was kind of wet and like volcanic mud. There are to plaster casts because there wasn"t a slow death, there are just bodies and skulls. There are large groups packed together, covered in volcanic muds. Located in ship sheds in order to get this out you have to drill it out. Picture: skeleton #10: young adult with small baby. They can tell that he had leukemia from his bones.
