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@gloriaoliver.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 4:23 PM

Pics of the Day! (Taken Apr 2024) - Yes, even more Herculaneum pics! (I wasn't wasting this opportunity! :P )

#authoronvacation #herculaneum #italy

A half-buried terracotta jar in a gravel yard of a home/store in Herculaneum

An open storefront of a shop in Herculaneum

An entry hall passage in black mosaic with white lines and white triangles

Tiled floor in white and black with diamonds, and rectangles

@sampscaroline.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 5:15 PM

Had to be calmed down by M and do a brain reboot. Most moved by the faces of the past. People peering at us from 2000 years ago, but so close you could feel them breathing. Incredible experience emotionally, if not professionally. #UnconfinedWalks #Naples #Vesuvius #Pompeii #Herculaneum

@gloriaoliver.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 4:20 PM

Pics of the Day! (Taken Apr 2024) - Inside a covered atrium of the House of the Wooden Partition in Herculaneum
#authoronvacation #Herculaneum #Italy #architecture

A fancy stone bench and square fountain in a covered atrium in Herculaneum

Close-up of a small square fountain and the tiny and complex mosaic pattern at the bottom

Fancy wooden doors and frames from an atrium in Herculaneum

View of the wide covered atrium in a house in Herculaneum

@bodleian.ox.ac.uk Oct 2, 2026, 8:04 AM

Book your place for special events, talks, tours and film screenings at visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/events-exhib...

#WhatsOn #Oxford #GeorgetteHeyer #Herculaneum #Beetlejuice #Dracula #MonstersInc

"Talks" with two events listed. The first event, on Tuesday, 6th October, is about "The Manuscripts of Esther Inglis in Oxford Libraries," focusing on Scottish workmanship at the Jacobean and Tudor Courts, from 13:00 to 13:50, free and in person. The second event, on Thursday, 15th October, titled "Silence Please," covers poetry reading and literary silences from 13:00 to 14:00, free, in person and online. The background features a decorative manuscript.

"Talks" with details of three scheduled events:

1. "Fri 16 Oct: Birds in a Cage" - A story of British prisoners of war in the 1940s, 13:00-14:00, £5, available in person and online.
2. "Thu 22 Oct: The Bodleian Herculaneum Papyrus and other recent discoveries" - 13:00-14:00, free, online.
3. "Fri 23 Oct: Soundscaping the Wonder of Birds" - 12:00-13:00, £5, available in person and online.

The background shows part of a book cover with blurred text.

Film screening poster titled "Halloween Film Screenings" set against a backdrop of an ornate, historic interior. The screenings are on 30 & 31 October, 1 November 2026, featuring "Monsters Inc. (2001)" at 2:30pm, "Beetlejuice (1988)" at 5:30pm, and "Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)" at 8:30pm. Ticket prices: £25 online, £30 on the door.

Tour schedule poster inside a cathedral. Dates and details listed: Sun 11 & Sun 25 Oct - Literary Oxford Walking Tours; Sat 17 & Sun 18 Oct - Children's Literature Tour; Thu 29 Oct - Origins of the University of Oxford; Saturdays and Sundays - Radcliffe Camera and City of Oxford Walking Tour.

@gloriaoliver.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 4:15 PM

Pics of the Day! (Taken Apr 2024) - More Herculaneum awesomeness!
#authoronvacation #herculaneum #italy

A skylight with ornamental figures inside a home in Herculaneum

Mosaic floor with white tiles and lines and diamonds, and Xs done in black ones.

A double section window in a home in Herculaneum

@freegardener.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 9:13 AM

To read 2,000-year-old burned scrolls, Berkeley researchers burned their own papyrus first—with leaded ink—so X-rays could tell signal from #VesuviusScrolls #XRayImaging #Archaeology #Herculaneum

https://freegardner.com/sci_scout/burning-scrolls-to-read-burnt-scrolls.html

@growhyzr.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 2:24 PM

History Explained: Vesuvius carbonized ancient scrolls nearly 2,000 years ago. Now X-rays + virtual unwrapping can reveal their writing without physically opening them. #History #Vesuvius #Herculaneum #Archaeology #AncientRome

@gloriaoliver.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 4:28 PM

Pics of the Day! (Taken Apr 2024) - inside look at places of business in Herculaneum and more!
#authoronvacation #herculaneum #italy

a small statue and a columned candelabra inside what used to be a shop in Herculaneum

View inside the remains of a pottery-making shop in Herculaneum

View from a different angle of the remains of a pottery shop and its wares in Herculaneum

Close-up of a stone public fountain with the image of a woman with arms up as if tilting an urn close to the water opening.

@globalvisibility.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 11:20 AM

#WITNESS 1985 #FILM
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#CONSERVATION #ISSUES OF #POMPEII #AND #HERCULANEUM
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@gloriaoliver.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 4:27 PM

Pics of the Day! (Taken Apr 2024) - The College of the Augustales frescoes and more from Herculaneum.
#authoronvacation #Herculaneum #Italy

Frescoes inside the temple area of The College of the Augustians. Shows columns in white, has red borders, and a regal figure reclining as he is being served.

Partial frescoes on a wall with a recessed arch. The frescoes show picture-frame-like borders in a reddish-brown, with Roman imperial regalia

Another partial fresco in whites and oranges and reds showing laboring men

A partial street sign/advertisement at a corner of a street at Herculaneum.

@gloriaoliver.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 4:25 PM

Pics of the day! (Taken Apr 2024) - More Herculaneum awesomeness! #authoronvacation #herculaneum #italy #history