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Herculaneum [a] is an ancient Roman town located in the modern-day comune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy. Herculaneum was buried under a massive pyroclastic flow in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD .
The relief, however, showing women bathing assisting seated Venus, shows an architectural background with columns and arches that is typical of the late II - early III century style. AD, therefore incompatible with a Herculaneum provenance. The situla is kept in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (inv. 25289).
This image has been assessed under the valued image criteria and is considered the most valued image on Commons within the scope: Banquet scene, from Herculaneum, in the Naples National Archaeological Museum.
Erotic art in Pompeii and Herculaneum has been both exhibited as art and censored as pornography. The Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum around the bay of Naples were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD , thereby preserving their buildings and artefacts until extensive archaeological excavations began in the 18th century.
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Buried in ash after Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79AD, the secret of a papyrus scroll kept their secrets hidden for centuries. Now one has been deciphered by AI.
It has been commented that "Graffiti from Pompeii, Herculaneum and 2nd century Ostia Antica, often refer to group sex, although none describe the pose of scene VI [from inside the dressing room of the suburban baths that shows sex between a female and two males].". [29] [30] Wall paintings from the dressing room in the suburban baths
English: Roman fresco of a woman with red hair wearing a garland of olives, from Herculaneum, made sometime before the city's destruction in 79 AD by Mount Vesuvius (which also destroyed Pompeii). Date