{"id":13139,"date":"2024-04-11T22:06:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T22:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=13139"},"modified":"2024-04-20T22:14:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T22:14:05","slug":"spared-amazing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2024\/04\/11\/spared-amazing\/","title":{"rendered":"Spared. Amazing."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pompeii-italy-volcano-new-roman-frescoes-uncovered-ancient-city-mount-vesuvius\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from CBS News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stunning new Roman frescoes uncovered at Pompeii, the ancient Italian city frozen in time by a volcano<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>By&nbsp;Haley Ott<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1240\" height=\"826\" src=\"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13140\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A fresco discovered in a banquet hall in the ancient Italian city of Pompeii depicts the Greek god Apollo attempting to seduce the priestess Cassandra.BBC\/TONY JOLLIFFE<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Stunning Roman frescoes have been uncovered by archeologists in Pompeii, the ancient city destroyed by an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/the-day-vesuvius-blew-its-top-pompeii-herculaneum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius<\/a>&nbsp;in the year 79 AD. Experts say the newly discovered frescoes are among the finest ever to emerge at the renowned archeological site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The works of art line the high walls of what was once a large banquet hall. The walls themselves were painted mostly black, and the figures on the frescoes appear to emerge from the shadows. Site director Dr. Gabriel Zuchtriegel told CBS News partner network BBC News that the dark color was likely used to hide stains from the lamps that lit the hall after the sun went down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In the shimmering light, the paintings would have almost come to life,&#8221; Zuchtriegel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pompeii-italy-volcano-new-roman-frescoes-uncovered-ancient-city-mount-vesuvius\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"12447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at CBS News<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from CBS News Stunning new Roman frescoes uncovered at Pompeii, the ancient Italian city frozen in time by a volcano By&nbsp;Haley Ott Stunning Roman frescoes have been uncovered by archeologists in Pompeii, the ancient city destroyed by an&nbsp;eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius&nbsp;in the year 79 AD. Experts say the newly discovered frescoes are among [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}