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  • Опубликовано: 28 фев 2022
  • The Villa of the Mysteries is located just outside the gates of the city of Pompeii, and beyond its ancient necropolis. It is a large Roman villa which overlooked the sea. Inside are some of the most famous frescoes from the ancient world. heavily debated and discussed ever since the day they were uncovered. Its walls are decorated with mysterious scenes, including gods and monsters, and future architecture that would not be seen for hundreds of years. We will go through objects found inside the house, the remains of bodies from the eruption, an area for roman wine making, and try to unveil the secrets of it’s mysterious frieze, by searching for parallels to its imagery across the Roman world.
    Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational and general informational purposes only. It is not considered a substitute for professional advice or further research. Any action, or inaction, taken by you based on the information contained in this video is at your own risk.

Комментарии • 83

  • @hooverbaglegs
    @hooverbaglegs 2 месяца назад +3

    Just visited the place. Absolutely mind blowing that those ancient artists were so ahead of their time. Very strange mythologies represented everywhere. It’s amazing also how an ancient Pompeii is so much better built than its modern replacement

  • @lynnyluvbug
    @lynnyluvbug Год назад +24

    Blown away by the art and complexity of this society 2000 years ago.

  • @DonariaRegia
    @DonariaRegia 9 месяцев назад +8

    If you just put a pair of knockers in the thumbnail you can get a million views. Sadly that's how it works on the site. This is extremely well produced historical reference material. I feel fortunate to have found this channel, it's definitely one of the best of this genre.

  • @coyotedust
    @coyotedust 8 месяцев назад +10

    I would like to see historians re-build an ancient Pompeiian house, using the exact floor plan, frescos, mosaic tile floors, fountains, garden plans as one of the houses in Pompeii so visitors can go in and see what a furnished house may've been like at that time.

    • @katherineyost1653
      @katherineyost1653 3 месяца назад +1

      Getty museum is a Roman villa full of ancient art

  • @misslauren319
    @misslauren319 2 года назад +46

    It’s soo incredible that these paintings have survived and that it shows the ancients weren’t at all primitive, they looked, behavior and desires just like us

    • @zibobpompon5768
      @zibobpompon5768 11 месяцев назад +3

      Exact ,and it's more people from our century whom are primitive ,even if technologies seems more advanced, the civilization and human behavior is at some level below average culture from nowadays.

    • @legioner9
      @legioner9 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@zibobpompon5768 100% true. People these days are very degraded and lack badly moral barriers and principles.

    • @katalinjuhasz641
      @katalinjuhasz641 9 месяцев назад

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      MI AZ H NEM VOLTAK PRIMITIVO , CSODÁLATOS KULTURA, KÉZMÜVESSÉG STB.
      MA NEM ALKOTNAK SEMMI MARAGANDOT. SIMOGATOS TELEFON ....VAN

    • @coyotedust
      @coyotedust 8 месяцев назад +4

      They were actually far more advanced than us in the arts.

    • @670ramy
      @670ramy 5 месяцев назад

      To be fair those are the nobility of a rich city

  • @bullzdawguk
    @bullzdawguk Год назад +7

    Pompeii is second on my bucket list of places I want to see before I die. Egypt is the first.

  • @darrenshi9749
    @darrenshi9749 2 года назад +22

    Great narration and camerawork, thank you!

  • @jonswanson7766
    @jonswanson7766 Год назад +5

    Thank you for the videos and especially for saying B.C.

  • @suekennedy1595
    @suekennedy1595 2 года назад +9

    That frieze is really beautiful

  • @WatercolorLoving
    @WatercolorLoving Год назад +6

    this deserves many more views and likes

  • @Chikkinnuggits
    @Chikkinnuggits 4 месяца назад +1

    This is awesome, glad to have stumbled upon this channel.

  • @indigocheetah4172
    @indigocheetah4172 Год назад +2

    Your knowledge and video is excellent , thank you .

  • @chrisebbesen5798
    @chrisebbesen5798 10 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you,fastenating look forward to more. If possible.

  • @0210rokvist
    @0210rokvist Год назад +2

    Very well described and shown

  • @gilespeterson120
    @gilespeterson120 Год назад

    Fabulous doco - thank you 😊

  • @der_veen945
    @der_veen945 2 месяца назад

    Great production and narration! I visited Pompeii years ago and it is not uncommon for me to imagine these incredibly preserved frescos. I keep thinking back to The Villa of Mysteries in particular in thinking about the decorative layer above the typical meandering pattern-this layer I am interested in appears like abstract expressionism from a modern perspective, but I would say looks like an organic mold/fungus culture or some sort of geologic formation. Hoping someone has some info or links to this. Also curious to see know more about the animal pattern at the very top. 10:19

  • @suekennedy1595
    @suekennedy1595 2 года назад +8

    The black wall room looks almost Artdeco

    • @marcobelli6856
      @marcobelli6856 5 месяцев назад

      Look at more third style Walls They Are Beautiful this House was mostly second style

  • @lauriesopas
    @lauriesopas Месяц назад

    I wonder if the twig held by the figure (with water poured over it in sequential panel) has ever been identified. So many mystery schools/cults/initiation groups are believed to have used psychedelic plants for the mystery experience ritual.
    Great video and channel! Thank you!

  • @sariputraa
    @sariputraa 2 года назад +3

    very interesting thank you!!!!

  • @jeannettejimenez5228
    @jeannettejimenez5228 Год назад +3

    Que hermoso video

  • @ericleraillez5884
    @ericleraillez5884 Год назад +1

    Thanks! so interesting!

  • @spankflaps1365
    @spankflaps1365 Год назад +9

    5:11 the fresco background is similar to the Last Supper, and the entablature is similar to the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
    Da Vinci and Michelangelo must have seen the 2nd Style somewhere (other than Pompeii).

    • @stephenperretti8847
      @stephenperretti8847 Год назад +2

      @ spank flaps...
      Or maybe davinci and Michelangelo were geniuses.

    • @marianaumova9577
      @marianaumova9577 Год назад

      Когато си профан в изкуството, не трябва да се изказваш!

    • @darth_veda
      @darth_veda 5 месяцев назад

      Something tells me that this isn't from 2000 years ago and maybe we have the dating wrong. Maybe it's from the time period you mentioned above. The art and architecture seems to indicate this.

    • @carlobrotto7132
      @carlobrotto7132 3 месяца назад

      ​@@darth_vedareally do they ?!

    • @darth_veda
      @darth_veda 3 месяца назад

      @@carlobrotto7132 Well either it does or there was no advancement in paintings for over 1,500 years.

  • @crowjr2
    @crowjr2 Год назад +1

    Really great, thanks!

  • @FortunateXpat
    @FortunateXpat 11 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing. Can’t believe that I visited Pompey and didn’t see this. 🤯

  • @nicknichols3810
    @nicknichols3810 2 года назад +9

    Fascinating, and very well done.

  • @firstphotowork8419
    @firstphotowork8419 Месяц назад

    Excellent

  • @user-bk1jb9qj6t
    @user-bk1jb9qj6t Год назад +3

    Прекрасный фильм. Спасибо.

  • @gairmac33
    @gairmac33 Год назад +1

    great music choice that added to the "mystery"

  • @cg_justin_5327
    @cg_justin_5327 3 месяца назад +1

    All we need is this home to speak, and it would all make perfect sense. That can never happen, but all of this is exquisite nonetheless.

  • @michaelmcclellan6944
    @michaelmcclellan6944 7 месяцев назад +1

    So haunting

  • @markpwebb
    @markpwebb Год назад +1

    I enjoyed that!

  • @lesilluminations1
    @lesilluminations1 Год назад +1

    Well done.

  • @SomebodyBumbleBee
    @SomebodyBumbleBee 2 года назад +13

    Great video that should have more views. Perhaps a change of title and thumbnail to better express the focus of the video. Right now it just looks like any other guided tour, especially with the "4K". Maybe something like "The hidden meaning behind these Pompeii frescoes - Villa of the Mysteries" with a thumbnail showing a close-up of the theater mask. I can understand if that might be too clickbaity for you, I just hope more people see it.

    • @_MaxHeadroom_
      @_MaxHeadroom_ 2 года назад +2

      Yeah I thought it was a walkthrough video too but was met with this incredible video

    • @atlantic_love
      @atlantic_love Год назад +1

      Why do so many people focus on doing someone else's work? Can you not comment on the content itself?

    • @SomebodyBumbleBee
      @SomebodyBumbleBee Год назад +1

      @@atlantic_love I guess I could have commented on something specific in the video but I'm no expert on anything concerning Ancient Rome. The presenter had done such a good job that I had no questions, and I had nothing to add that wouldn't just be repeating the video. There weren't many views when I originally wrote my comment, so I was simply sad that this great analysis wasn't reaching a wider audience. I certainly didn't mean to condescend.

  • @octaviohernandez6451
    @octaviohernandez6451 4 месяца назад

    Bello y magnifico"
    (pero sobre Las dudas y misteriosas pinturas) me entretengo, tambien yo mismo, con El significado en cada cuadro, asiendome tambien yo mismo las mismas Preguntas.
    Mi idea es Que= son eventos vividos en la villa casa'(en muy momentos especiales) algo asi como album De los recuerdos' memorias Del dueño o dueña, donde tambien se permitia pintar sueños desagradables y agradables ❤..

  • @DeuDeoEgo
    @DeuDeoEgo Год назад +3

    They should place copies of the statues in situ and have the originals in the museums, it would be amazing.

    • @atlantic_love
      @atlantic_love Год назад +2

      But then you wouldn't be getting an authentic experience in visiting the place. Pompeii itself IS the museum.

    • @DeuDeoEgo
      @DeuDeoEgo Год назад

      @@atlantic_lovetrue. I still think they should re-build the circus maximus in Rome. As it once was. Better than a plain field.

    • @atlantic_love
      @atlantic_love Год назад

      @@DeuDeoEgo The problem is that they don't know what any of this stuff actually looked like. We're only seeing bits and pieces of these buildings. The roofs and ceilings are by and large GONE. Obliterated. They'd be making stuff up if they were to try to "rebuild" these things.

    • @nicktamer4969
      @nicktamer4969 11 месяцев назад +1

      Almost everythings excavated from pompeii and Herculanum are in the archeological museum of Naples.

  • @PeterHAdams
    @PeterHAdams Год назад +1

    Isn't it well known that some form of design books could be referred to when constructing a home or some other building? Isn't it also known that Rome had something like factories where you could actually order the mosaic floors? Presumably, artists could even be hired from Rome to come and complete the artwork?

  • @saputrabagus1219
    @saputrabagus1219 Год назад

    Mbuat lagi dong .. yg ada tek bahasa indonesia .. sya tunggu

  • @3Dimencia
    @3Dimencia Год назад +2

    9:28 look at that.. cupid taking a picture on her smartphone for her instagram..

  • @rdrezi1717
    @rdrezi1717 2 года назад +2

    Could someone guide to to the scholar who suggested the winged figure as a fury?
    Need a reference for university.. or just author of this video could do. Cannot find any websites with this theory.
    Thanks

    • @HistoryVictorum
      @HistoryVictorum  2 года назад +4

      Hey RDredZi. One source mentioning the furies is "Roman Painting" by Roger Ling. Also, FYI there are other theories as well that I did not mention, such as possibly Dike or Nemesis (see Otto J. Brendel) and there is a theory that it represents the spirit of ignorance (see Karl Lehmann). -James

    • @rdrezi1717
      @rdrezi1717 2 года назад +1

      @@HistoryVictorum Thank you so much, I like this theory so decided to go with it but need a reference for it to be valid 😁. So thank you again!

  • @claudermiller
    @claudermiller Год назад +2

    Mr Magoo was Rufus!

  • @igbopikin
    @igbopikin 5 месяцев назад +1

    If it was Dionysis centered, won't it make sense, it was a Dionysis temple of some sort, perhaps a an equivalent of a modern day club

  • @lbazemore585
    @lbazemore585 7 месяцев назад +1

    Phallus or volcano?

  • @robertfoerster566
    @robertfoerster566 4 месяца назад

    I'm sure practicality seeped into all work areas, even back then. I'd imagine the artists would be trained in the skill of the art and probably 'knew' what people often asked for and re-used popular ones. Recreating is a lot easier than a completely new image. That saved money on the client side, too. If you wanted something original....that's going to cost you. As it is today, they didn't get rich from spending it all!
    Yeah, it's trending, women bending knees at an angel, drunken women and Bacchus. Just change the clothes for each client and mix it up a bit. ;)

  • @russellnolan9212
    @russellnolan9212 7 месяцев назад

    The frieze of the woman's initiation into the cult of Bacchus, seems to unveil to recieve her whippings; a show of subservience and enduring,
    to me.

  • @neon-kitty
    @neon-kitty Год назад +1

    0:17 This is incorrect. This "future" architecture depcited on many Pompeian frescoes, including these, is actually modelled on Alexandrian baroque architecture of the time. It's just that very little of that original architecture has survived in the archaeological record.

  • @unknown81360
    @unknown81360 Год назад

    5:30 Couldn't this be proof to confirm the contrary?

    • @marcobelli6856
      @marcobelli6856 5 месяцев назад

      Yes probably we just haven’t Found them

  • @sandrajenkins6822
    @sandrajenkins6822 11 месяцев назад

    Very interesting but you are tending to 'up speak' almost turning every sentence into a question which is very distracting. Have a listen to YT Paul Cooper - 'Fall of Civilsations', most pleasant and easy to listen to.

  • @cougar2013
    @cougar2013 11 дней назад

    My uncle was an ancient Roman, and he said all of these clubs and sh!t were basically elaborate ways to get chicks to party and sleep with them. Hmm, “trust me my dear, the revealing of the phallus from under the cloth is a sacred good luck ritual that drives off spirits”. Then my uncle winked at me, and disappeared…

  • @vickyclaude
    @vickyclaude 10 месяцев назад

    The fresco story to me seems to be simply the life cycle of an ordinary female in Pompeii encompassing birth, life and death?

  • @darth_veda
    @darth_veda Год назад +2

    I hope these frescos dont turn out to be forgeries. They seem to be out of place from the time period they would have been made in.... Also it seems like a multicultural city with cultures from different backgrounds a bit like London today.

    • @marcobelli6856
      @marcobelli6856 5 месяцев назад

      Romans had egyptians gods statues all around

  • @anitaanum3134
    @anitaanum3134 2 года назад

    Alhamdulillah Quran1400years ago tell us about pompee city and peoples...peoples of that city of full of gays that time and was done sins all time.they died in doing sinfull act.because Allah wants to preserve there bodies and their homes.for further this is the lesson for all man kinds and next generations generations.Allah anger showed on them and punished them .that was city of illegal sex trade with little boys.

    • @darth_veda
      @darth_veda Год назад +2

      Ypu should give Quran verse referrences instead of your own interpretation. Let the Quran speak for itself

    • @sherisworld8552
      @sherisworld8552 Год назад +4

      The Earth and Universe will have it's disasters regardless of what God(s) humans choose to worship.

    • @gairmac33
      @gairmac33 Год назад +6

      nonsense...

    • @atlantic_love
      @atlantic_love Год назад

      The only gays were your two days. Why do you spend half the day with your butt in the air?

    • @katalinjuhasz641
      @katalinjuhasz641 9 месяцев назад

      JAAA, ÉS MA MI VAN VILÁGSZERTE??? PROPAÁLVA VAN BUZULÁS...RÉMES