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Offline Jack Morris

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Pompeii, the last day
« on: January 30, 2005, 09:45:36 pm »
Watching it on the Discovery channel, a really GOOD documentary, 2 hrs long and will have an encore presentation tonight.
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Re: Pompeii, the last day
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2005, 09:53:55 pm »
Quote from: Jack Morris on January 30, 2005, 09:45:36 pm
Watching it on the Discovery channel, a really GOOD documentary, 2 hrs long and will have an encore presentation tonight.

But do they show the famous Frescos?
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Re: Pompeii, the last day
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2005, 01:38:31 am »
Quote from: Jack Morris on January 30, 2005, 09:45:36 pm
Watching it on the Discovery channel, a really GOOD documentary, 2 hrs long and will have an encore presentation tonight.

Darn Jack I was just about to post on this!  Amazing.

Sometimes it really amazes me how some of us get on the same wavelength around here.

He did you check out what they were using "urine" for.  Yuk what a business.  Roman stain remover.  I wonder how they got the clthes to smell right afterwards.

Also the idea that the Romans didn't actually have a word for volcano in their language.  That blows my mind.  But it explains why they were so completely taken by surprise.    They had no idea what was happening.  One guy (a Roman admiral Pliny) called it a "fire mountain". and seems to have finally figured it out to some extent.

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Re: Pompeii, the last day
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2005, 08:48:28 am »
I visited Pompeii exactly one year ago today!  I'll try to post some photos later...
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Re: Pompeii, the last day
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2005, 10:43:56 am »
What really gets me is all the idiots living at the base of the volcano now, they say they will just rebuild. Fine if it erupts like it did 60 years ago..they'll have enough time, but if it goes like in 79 AD kiss 700,000+ people goodbye. The it'll never happen to me attitude just astounds me.
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Re: Pompeii, the last day
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2005, 11:48:37 am »
Yeah Rondo, it can be weird, but not so much considering most of us here on the forums prefer to research and discuss or watch  facts in life than than to spend our time watching all that junk our media is producing nowadays. I was going to post before the show as they had an ad on the yahoo search engine all day. Did any of you go to the volcano site and make your own volcano and watch it erupt? Of course I chose the stratovolcano  ;D The city to the left did not even have a chance, hehehehehe.

I also wondered how they got the urine smell out of the clothes. Maybe someone familiar with Roman customs can tell us? The laundries were called "fulleries" but they only showed the slaves stomping around in the urine and the clothes, sort of like an ancient day human washing machine.

They seemed to concentrate on Vesuvius too much at the end. There are many similar volcanoes around the globe that could potentially wipe out a million or two, and most are past due for a violent eruption. Hey, we already witnessed a killer Tsunami in our lifetime, so don't think other things can't happen soon either.
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Re: Pompeii, the last day
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2005, 03:26:19 pm »
Quote from: kmelew on January 31, 2005, 08:48:28 am
I visited Pompeii exactly one year ago today!  I'll try to post some photos later...


As promised...

*IMAGE HEAVY*


View of Mt. Vesuvius from Pompeii


View of Pompeii's walls




View of building wall construction


Memorial


The Great Theater


Typical street


Fresco--Roman house


Fresco--Roman house


Roman Bath House


Bath House "Locker Room"


A "Cafeteria"
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Re: Pompeii, the last day
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2005, 07:36:03 pm »
Quote from: Jack Morris on January 31, 2005, 11:48:37 am
I also wondered how they got the urine smell out of the clothes. Maybe someone familiar with Roman customs can tell us? The laundries were called "fulleries" but they only showed the slaves stomping around in the urine and the clothes, sort of like an ancient day human washing machine.


A long time ago I came across a mention of "Fullers Earth" which was used for cleaning.  I would guess that fulleries are Roman facilities using Fullers Earth for cleaning.

Here is a link to information on Fullers Earth.
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Re: Pompeii, the last day
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2005, 11:45:13 am »
Not just the Romans.  For years, sailors saved urine in barrels and mixed it with salt water to clean cloths.  It's basically 100% ammonia.
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Re: Pompeii, the last day
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2005, 12:47:25 pm »
A Cafeteria?  Incredile..I assume that had coals or fires in those round depressions and ate "buffet style".

It's incredible how modern the Roman world was.  I don't thoink we would have that much trouble adjusting to it.  I kind of think we would feel more out of place in the middle ages.
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« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2005, 03:57:04 pm »
Quote from: Rondo_GE The Humble on February 01, 2005, 12:47:25 pm
It's incredible how modern the Roman world was.  I don't thoink we would have that much trouble adjusting to it.  I kind of think we would feel more out of place in the middle ages.

That precisely how I felt walking along the streets.
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