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The Temple of Isis is a Roman temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis. This small and almost intact temple was one of the first discoveries during the excavation of Pompeii in 1764. [ 1 ] Its role as a Hellenized Egyptian temple in a Roman colony was fully confirmed with an inscription detailed by Francisco la Vega on July 20, 1765.
Fascinating artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city doomed and buried by Mount Vesuvius’s deadly eruption in AD79.. The most impressive discovery is ...
The discovery of the temple of Isis at Pompeii, buried under pumice and other volcanic matter. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776. Iconographic Collections
English: Schoolgirls with colorful clothing visiting the Egyptian Temple of Isis from Philae Island. Photo taken 1995 with a Minox 35 PL on Agilkia Island in Lake Nasser . Date
Buried and unseen for nearly 2,000 years, a series of striking paintings showing Helen of Troy and other Greek heroes has been uncovered in the ruined Roman town of Pompeii.
The Temple of Isis, Pompeii. The Temple of Isis. The Temple of Isis too portrayed an Egyptian influence on Pompeii’s art. Wall painting of the Navigium Isidis from Pompeii VIII.7.28 (The Temple of Isis. Specifically, the walls of the temple are decorated with a variety of Egyptian mythological scenes.
POMPEII, Italy — Buried and unseen for nearly 2,000 years, a sacred room has been unearthed at Pompeii with painted blue walls, a rare and expensive color in the Roman city.
CIL 4.5296 (or CLE 950) [a] is a poem found graffitied on the wall of a hallway in Pompeii.Discovered in 1888, it is one of the longest and most elaborate surviving graffiti texts from the town, and may be the only known love poem from one woman to another from the Latin world.