House of the Faun | Pompeii, Italy | Alexander Mosaic | 4K
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- In the north west area of Pompeii, with a garden view of Vesuvius, was a house the size of a palace. This is the largest house discovered inside the walls of Pompeii. Found inside was a chest of coins, jewelry made from gold, as well as furniture of sculpted marble. Its floors were decorated with intricate mosaics, including what has been described as a masterpiece of ancient art. We will search for meaning in these mosaics, go through some of the ancient roman household objects, as well as clues to the identity of its last inhabitants who died carrying valuables, trying to escape the eruption. Join us as we explore The House of the Faun in the city of Pompeii.
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Sometimes i get this weird feeling that this civilization was somehow ahead of ours... not in a technological way.. but in some other aspects we have forgotten...
There was definitely a lot of beauty and majesty in their world but it existed along with suffering and violence and squalor. Most people did not live this opulently
They definetely have something better, the will of living well, good life.. (if you're rich back then btw)
I think you're right. And it has nothing to do with wealth either.
For the Romans (and the Greeks) thinking philosophy and art is what set them apart from all others, this is how greatness was measured. They had enginers scientists and inventors as well but they were just tools. Thats why the Roman empire never entered the industrial revolution. (they had steam power but it was only seen as a gimmic)
So were they ahead of us? NO, but if you cover everything with Art it's going to look amazing.
They were ahead in that they didn't believe in systematic racism. They had prejudices, but they were based on culture and status, and not skin color or ethnicity. They also were more enlightened with sexuality. But they weren't perfect, as they never let go of slavery.
I had no idea the famous Alexander and Darius battle scene came from this place! Thanks!
Imagine the talent of the mosaic artists
The modern artists of today have way more talent though.
@@jesterday2222 what are you talking about? talent then and today is the same either you have it or you don't, the only thing didfferent is what material we work with and some tools we use.
@@totobeni I was being sarcastic 😊
Well put together video of the House of the Faun with it's objects of jewelry, furnishings and mosaics. Thanks for sharing it. Meanwhile I can only imagine what the painting at 9:32 created by Albrecht Altdorfer would look like minutely accurately in a mosaic. And the timestamp doesn't even show the entire painting. Mind boggling. Let's make one! Only a few hundred trillion bits of glass and stone are needed, that's all :)
I had the pleasure of visiting pompeii last year. We had a tour guide for two hours. We did a little walk around after. I believe we didn't see half of it, I really want to go back. It's an amazing site to see.
An excellent tour and with great information
I was in Pompei last month. It is so big and I didn’t see the House of Fawn but am intrigued by this whole area.
I was there last week of October I also didn’t see it. That place is huge and i got tired.
@@anamarieferrer8382you should have checked the best houses before hand brooo there are lot of empty houses but 5/6 villas that are full of paintings not “stolen” or transported to the Naples museum. But if you don’t have a map you can go around 4 hours without seeing a painting hahaha
@@anamarieferrer8382yes you really need a map. You can walk around 3 hours seeing only ruins and a couple of mosaics or follow a planned path and see like 100 frescoes in 1/2 hours.
Wow. I just found your channel an, your narration is one of the easiest I've ever heard to follow and stay engaged with. It's so natural and flowing its actually therapeutic. I can stay absorbed in complex topics like I want to but my mind doesn't have to expend any energy, if that makes sense. Its like my mind can rest and just coast along but I think that's just normal for other people. I camt wait to see what other videos you have because I'm addicted to history. Amazing job, thank you. I just realized now that that's the mind of thing that distinguishes narrators and storytellers. You're definitely a storyteller. I'm playing games while listening and I'm going to listen a few times before watching to see how close my mental images are to reality. I'm imagining I'm on a tour and guessing what it looks like from your awesome descriptions. Little mind vacation
Fantastic animal and fish mosaics.
That was amazing. The artwork was top tier, not ancient graffiti. What a beautiful place. The architecture is sophisticated and sound. They used passive systems perfectly. I could picture this home sitting in Hollywood Hills, at present.
Thank you for an incredible glimpse of these mosaics!
They are the most beautiful left from the Roman Empire.
For decades I've seen depictions of Alexander TG without attribution. So wonderful to see it all. I was fortunate in visiting the Pompeii Traveling Exhibition while in Phoenix (how fitting!). Stunning, Sobering, Beautiful.
Well architecture house
I NEED TO START BUYING MORE BOOKS ON POMPEII AND HERCULANIUM!!! EVERYTHING IS SO BEAUTIFUL THERE!!!
Those mosaics are amazing! ❤
What a great channel! I am subscribing! Cheers. I look forward to watching more!
BEAUTIFUL MANSIONS EVERYWHERE!!!!
That is the most amazing artwork I have ever seen
Thank you. This is such a special memory for me. I visited the house in 2018. Because of your detailed comments I learned new things.
Has the vibe of a museum that put on performances of certain historical events and hosted "theme" parties/weddings.
This is interesting history of Italy wow thanks
I was just at this house a few days ago. You explain much more than the tour guide. Yes it is large and I she didn’t mention the gold or skeletons found inside. Very cool.
Well told. It could have been the house for such a man as our Dutch tv-programm and musical maker Joop van den Ende. Good for 1,1 billion Euro. Theatre, rich....
In all likelihood, those decorative columns in the entrance were meant to imitate Hellenistic royal palaces moreso than temples, just like the first-style wall decorations. Really nice video, though :)!
I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL. PLEASE CONTINUE TO SHARE YOUR TRUTH!!!!
Thanks for helping me with my presentation about this house
I appreciate it
I was in Pompeii last year. Amazing! Thank you
Watch Domina! It was great!!
Great job covering this awesome place! What an amazing thing, frozen in time. From destruction came beautiful history. Thx
Sublime video, so informative and pleasant to digest, great job! keep up the great work showing us these glimpses into the past.
I have a reproduction of the Faun that I've had for many years. I have always loved it. I call it Pan.
the most appropriate name... well Silenus would have done the job too!!
With a house as stunningly beautiful (even today!) as this, could it not be that this house actually belonged TO 'Cassia'? I believe, in those times, within the Empire, women of high status were able to own property and to accumulate wealth??? How fabulous would it be to see this house brought back to life and see all the wonderous decorations gleaming. With a restored pool, filled with water surrounding the faun. And to be greeted by the beautiful Cassia robed in a flowing white gown, resplendent in her jewelry and golden snake arm bands?
What a Beautiful place..it's almost like a dream.i doubt ill ever get to go, but I can always watch these great videos and I can imagine myself in Pompeii with all.the other lucky visitors..
Pure Beauty
I think the doves were placing items, rather than stealing them. A metaphor for the good people filling their coffers.
This is by far greatness.
Very knowledgeable video and teaches so much. These houses and artifacts are s sophisticated and priceless. Great skills that can't be replicated. Hope these skills continue to be taught in modern times
The owners of this house were the richest in Pompeii.
Fascinating narration, and well cut video. Thank you!
This is such a good video. Thank you!
Really nice video, thank you for making this
That … was … totally … awwwesssome!!
So incredibly beautiful. The talent, hard work, whimsical art, sculpture, If you could choose a time to live this would be it for me, everything I love adore and worship, right there. And the odd thing is I was born in Naples, Navy baby. Mom was so lucky to live there then and she did walk the streets of Pompeii with me in her belly. I wish I could visit so bad, but thankfully there are these videos to take me there, many thanks.
AMAZING, AMAZING ART! Gorgeous work!
This is phenomenal to see. I wouldn’t go but am grateful for the video
Why wouldn't you go??
Wonderful description about Fauno's house. Regards!
Once upon a time they were much more focused and dedicated to beauty and true art. Not like today where only smart phones, speed and superficiality reign
Very interesting!
I've just discovered your channel. You give the best tours of historical sites, over any other channel. Thanks!
THANKS A LOT FOR THE WELL PRESENTED VIDEO
Thanks so much I really enjoyed its fascinating
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Good narration.
Excellent video, thanks!
Your videos are amazing and I enjoy them so much. Such attention to detail I can really tell how passionate your are about the subject ❤
Loved the video.
Great explanations.
This was really well done,. Imfrmative with just enough detail to appreciate what this house represented
😮fabuloso pompeii😮
Perfect. In every manner,thankyou
Some of those rings are seal rings for enclosing letters and proving the identity of the sender. That’s why the Cassia one is backwards.
When I was 20 with my lil girl 7 month old outside..A bird stole my gold Necklace. Never forget seeing that. I had it hanging on a lawn chair. They love shiny things. Gold necklace. Little thieves..🌞
The bow of Darius has lost its string - perhaps implying his failure in battle.
It would've rotted silly
@@joestitz539 It is a mosaic made of ceramic blocks. It doesn’t rot.
Great work
I DID NOT KNOW THAT POMPEII AND HERCULANIUM HAD SO MUCH WEALTH.
I've read that the House of the Faun was even larger than the palace of the Attalid kings in Pergamon, suggesting the immense wealth and aspirations to prestige that must have distinguished whoever commissioned it and first lived in it. The surviving mosaic decorations are precious exemplars of elite Greco-Roman/Italic taste in the late Republican period.
I visited the house of Faun in the late sixties, I can't remember so much because
we bought a guide edited by the the Italian Ministery of ( history or culture) the cover was light blue, it helped so much as the houses were numbered but we didn't spend enough time to see it in detail. I was so interested I returned to the spot to see Herculanum and
a villa outside Pompeï in early days on the seaside but can' t remember the name
Amazing. I miss this place and long to return, yet I've never been there. Weird..
You must be a faun
I know the feeling.
AWESOME
A shop in Sorrento does life-size replicas of the faun in metal. Great souvenier.
Thank you
i am glad that i found youre site. new subscriber..
Well done
Thanks, fantastic presentation 👏 👍
I went to Pompeii years ago.
Always loved their appreciation of nature and animals, and how accurately represented they depict animals. Unlike the Middle Ages with weird human animal faces.
Good show
Great job! Gonna share this (Although you did use a picture that looked like it was from the Battle of Vienna)
These people lived Before Christ and their houses are more magnificent than ours.
No. They lived in Pompeii after the death of Christ (around 33 AD).
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius was in 79 AD.
they were the wealthy of ancient Roman time
@@rosecorrie2920
They were the Sodom and Gomorrah of their time - wealthy or not.
Amt Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. about 46 years after Christ
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Pompeii could had easily been an exclusive resort for wealthy War Generals as well as merchants all over the region.
There is no way any random person would had known such detailed knowledge of Alexander's last battle with King Darius.
When you go to Pompeii, you will be able to see this all laid out and it will make more sense.
@@skontheroad
Thanks, but I have no desire to see another Sodom and Gomorrah.
You shit on Pompeii due to your moral postulations but totally ignore any worse places like the island of Capri and the now destroyed Pleasure Barge of Caligula.
I like the house of Priapus, the Christians wiped that god out almost completely, the small statue found there was the first I've ever seen.
Where can I get some good prints of the mosaics, anybody know? 🙂
THIS IS VERY HIGH-END HOME. IT IS SAD IT WAS DESTROYED IN WW2. IT WOULD BE COOL TO RE CREATE IT AGAIN!!! SO, BEAUTIFUL IN ALL AREAS!!!
Made of stone practically everything nothing soft!!! Every thing on top was white plaster , and very rich paint , and paintings!!
Anything soft became Ash.
@@casteretpolluxyup ..and they would have had cushions and pillows
He's gesturing back for his wife and daughter. The chariot driver fled the battle leaving not only the troops, but Darius' wife and daughter. Whom were taken as love trophies. His wife died giving birth to Alexander's son.
I have a painting copy yet how do I find out where exactly was the original found in Pompeii?
You mean a poster?
And you are certain there is no info anywhere around it at the edges?
If not, take a picture and upload it to reverse image search and see what you can find!! Good Luck!
I was there and I did not know, that a person named Cassia lived there.
The Versailles of Pompeii
What musem is it ?name ?
Very rock hard seating every where in Pompeii!!!??
They used cushions
On ne prononce pas Pompé, mais Pompéi c'est un i tréma, on doit entendre le i à la fin.
These little objects are not in Pompei, probably in Museum in. Naples or elsewhere
Pompei😊i is rich before 😢❤
Great video, but it's it possible to just have a video without the same music going "buuuuump..." every 15 seconds?
Yes I have a question, why the Anglo Americans allies bombed this vast archaeological site with no military installation at the end of WWII ?
you can google plenty of info on this
How many houses over 200,years old do you see today 😢
Great video. There is no need for the music, however, which is a distraction.
Why would Pompeii have been bombed during WWII... Interesting
LGBT LOLL 🤦
Occupied by WWII German army. I have a pictorial book about it, but still need to read it.
Why didnt they made the pool to collect water deeper?
That was probably a Temple of Pan! Pagans!!
How sad though. I wonder if any of the richer well off people ever tried to come back at some point to claim
Their things? Surely SOME of them must have be able
To escape via ships and having the wind in their favor so as not to be in the way of the smoke.
They probably did try, but the entire area was completely buried in many feet of ash.
@@harshanid3636 that’s true…..
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My wife and my son Ja were in Rome for only a week in 2005 CE, thèy only had time to go to the Coloseum. I suggest that a miniature of the Pompeii ruins be installed in Rome.