Fascinating area, full of historical architecture and authentic ruins. Walking this area, so rich in tragedy has an interesting energy to it. I would not recommend children visit this site; aside from the unrighteousness that thrived here, there are phallic statues sold all over the gift shops.
I was in a tour group with a good tour guide, although I must reiterate I would not recommend it for children. The tour guide was well paced and gave some good details about the history behind this infamous place. Put on your walking shoes and take some photos! This site is one for the record books. God bless. ✝️
-QM-
Thank you to Gianni Tramparulo, our Tour Guide: https://www.facebook.com/tourguide.giannitramparulo
https://www.pompeionline.net/en/47-pompeii/195-welcome-to-ancient-pompeii
(Words below from link above)
“Pompeii is one of the most significant proofs of Roman civilization and, like an open book, provides outstanding information on the art, customs, trades and everyday life of the past.
The city has re-emerged from the darkness of centuries precisely as it would have been when it was unexpectedly buried in the thick layer of ash and lava which poured down from the devastating eruption of Vesuvius. It was the year 79 A.D.
The scale of the tragedy was appalling: in what had been one of the most active and splendid Roman centres, life came to a permanent standstill.
The thick layer of volcanic material which submerged it, made up to a large extent of ash and lapilli – non-hard material, unlike that which covered Herculaneum and which solidified into extremely hard stone -has meant that the city has remained intact until the present day, not only as far as its buildings are concerned, but also as regards the contents inside the houses and shops, providing an absolutely fascinating picture of “daily” life.
The walls of the houses are covered with electoral propaganda messages or risque jokes aimed at particular citizens. The signs on the shop doorways indicate the activity carried out there or the name of the owner. Alongside the elegant villas belonging to the nobility and the luxurious residences of the middle class, stand modest houses where several families lived.”
“The peasant dwellings on the other hand are situated around vegetable gardens or small plots of land. On the edge of the city stood the brothels, squalid rooms intended as places of pleasure for sailors and travellers passing through, in the narrow lanes, the workshops and utility rooms provide further evidence of the daily routine performed by workmen and slaves as well as the women of the house. The houses still contain furniture, ornaments, gold and silverware, work tools, kitchenware, bronze and terracotta lamps, foodstuffs of all kinds, counters for serving drinks, grain mills and grindstones, workshops for manufacturing cloth, smithies and outlets selling groceries, fruit and vegetables.
There is a remarkable record of Roman painting, of which, without the finds made in Pompeii, virtually nothing would be known.
The architecture and development of the various types of houses is also amply documented. Thus the excavated city provides outstanding historical evidence of Roman civilization: these reminders of the past, which are so vivid and tangible in the remains brought to light, contribute to the fascination of the present.”
(Ref: https://www.pompeionline.net/en/47-pompeii/195-welcome-to-ancient-pompeii)
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The Brothel’s Façade
Prostitution was permitted both socially and legally in Pompeii, and it was seen as a social norm for Roman men to engage in regular visits to the Brothels. Brothels had no stigma within the city, seen as a typical shop offering services like any other. The rooms were dimly lit by a few flickering candles to create a sensual atmosphere, and the walls were adorned with large, beautifully designed frescoes. These wall paintings were not only for decoration; the erotic imagery also represented a menu of the services provided. Theories suggest that they could also have functioned as instruction manuals for more inexperienced visitors to the brothels.
The women in brothels worked within small rooms containing a stone bed. Wooden beds may have been used but these would have perished in the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD and so little evidence of these remains. The brothels had no doors so the rooms may have been closed off by lavish curtains, and behind each was a companion ready to welcome their next guest.
What transformed the brothels of Pompeii from cold, stone rooms into sensual areas for visitors was the decorations. Brothels used delicate fabrics and candles to create a romantic glow but mainly used frescoes to enhance a visitor’s desire. They painted these large designs on entire walls, depicting sexual acts between women and men. Beautifully preserved by the volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius almost 2000 years ago, the images have provided a unique insight into the lives of ancient Rome. Had the frescoes contained less explicit imagery then the city of Pompeii may have been discovered years earlier. The first people to uncover them found the paintings so shocking that they covered them over and did not continue their excavation.
These superb decorations were used for three reasons. The first was to enhance the space of the small rooms the workers used. A lot of the rooms could only fit a small single bed and typically had no window, with these sensual paintings they enhanced the space to distract visitors. Another reason for the frescos is quite obvious – they were used to get visitors in the mood. With stunning figures depicted, visitors would see the paintings and get a better desire no matter if there were limited choices. Lastly, archaeologists have guessed that these paintings were also used as a kind of menu for the brothel, with the different positions displayed on offer in real life. After studying the remaining frescoes, archaeologists have guessed there were five major services provided; intercourse, fellatio, cunnilingus, active anal sex, and passive anal sex.”
(Ref: https://www.pompeiitours.it/attractions/brothels-of-pompeii/#:~:text=Prostitution%20was%20permitted%20both%20socially,offering%20services%20like%20any%20other.)
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The Lupanar of Pompeii
Thought of as the official brothel of Pompeii, the Lupanar is the largest of the pleasure houses discovered in the ancient city so far. Latin for ‘wolf’s den’ this two-story building housed ten rooms, each fitted with a stone bed which was likely topped with a thin mattress. There were five rooms located on the ground floor with five larger rooms upstairs. Frescoes can, of course, be found on the walls but alongside these are etchings left by the brothel’s visitors. On the internal walls can be found around 120 examples of graffiti scratched into the walls by clients, each of whom wanted to document the performance of their companion.
As Pompeii was a trading town, the Lupanar welcomed visitors not only from the town but also visiting traders. Clients searching for the brothel followed a unique set of directions to locate the building. Phalluses carved into the walls and roads of the city pointed towards the Lupanar and gave clear directions to the brothel.”
(Ref: https://www.pompeiitours.it/attractions/brothels-of-pompeii/#:~:text=Prostitution%20was%20permitted%20both%20socially,offering%20services%20like%20any%20other.)
The SATOR palindrome was discovered here in 79 AD. I wrote about it in my fourth book. Mount Vesuvius’ infamous eruption is 79 AD was tragic and has managed to leave this site preserved enough for us to see it today. My fourth book:
CHRISTIAN ALCHEMY The Reconstitution of Man https://a.co/d/7Trc4FI
About the SATOR palindrome:
(Ref: https://weirditaly.com/2021/11/02/the-enigma-of-the-sator-square/)
“The square of the Sator is a recurrent Latin inscription, in the form of a magic square, composed of the following five words: SATOR, AREPO, TENET, OPERA, ROTAS. Their juxtaposition, in the order indicated, gives rise to a palindrome, that is, a sentence that remains identical when read from left to right and vice versa. The same palindrome sentence is obtained by reading the words of the square from bottom to top as long as each line is read from right to left.
By arranging the words on a square matrix, we obtain a structure that resembles that of magic number squares. The five words are repeated if they are read from left to right and from top to bottom or from right to left and from bottom to top. In the center of the square, the word TENET forms a palindromic cross.”
Historical appearances
“The curious magic square is visible on a surprisingly large number of archaeological finds, scattered a bit ‘everywhere in Europe. The oldest and most famous examples are the incomplete one found in 1925 during the excavations of Pompeii, engraved on a column of the house of Paquio Proculo, and the one found in November 1936 on a column of the Palestra Grande, also in Pompeii. The latter has had great importance in historical studies related to the palindrome phrase because it is complete and enriched by other interesting signs that have not been found elsewhere and was certainly engraved before the eruption of 79 AD. From these findings, the square of the Sator is also called “Pompeian laterculum or latercolo” (latercolum is a small clay brick used in Roman constructions of the Archaic period. Latercolo is also an enigmatic game consisting in finding words that, arranged in a pattern, can be read both vertically and horizontally).”
(Ref: https://weirditaly.com/2021/11/02/the-enigma-of-the-sator-square/”)
..Another Blessing of the Lord to see such historical landmarks. God bless 🙏✝️🙏
Dr. Anthony J. Toledo, PMD, DD, ThD
Quantum Minister
Spiritual Alchemy Foundation of Enlightenment Inc.