© 2020 Lonely Planet. Velle” (Lovers like bees pass a sweet life like honey. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Your Privacy Controls. To enable Verizon Media and our partners to process your personal data select 'I agree', or select 'Manage settings' for more information and to manage your choices. Information about your device and internet connection, including your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Verizon Media websites and apps. Find out more about how we use your information in our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. Join us on a 12-month journey to see them all, Some Mount Vesuvius victims suffered slowly and one victim's brain turned to glass, new research says. Specialists work inside the House of the Lovers. ", The House of Lovers takes its name from an inscription on the building which reads: "Amantes, ut apes, vitam melitam exigunt (Lovers lead, like bees, a life as sweet as honey).". It was shut to visitors in 1980 after suffering damage in an earthquake, but has now reopened as part of the Great Pompeii project, which launched in 2014 with the aim of safeguarding the ancient city. Together, they are the second boss in The House of the Dead 4. Last year, a newly-discovered erotic fresco was unveiled to the public in the ruins of a Pompeiian merchant's townhouse in Via del Vesuvio and Italy's culture minister reopened Casa del Bicentenario (House of the Bicentenary), in nearby Herculaneum, to the public for the first time in 35 years. The restoration of the House of Lovers ― reportedly once a brothel and so-called because of a Latin inscription that reads “Lovers like bees live a sweet life like honey. Under the Project, the House of Lovers will open alongside two other domus: the Casa della Nave Europa (European Ship House) and the Casa del Frutteto (House of the Orchard).
A spectacular restoration project at Pompeii means visitors can now visit the famed House of Lovers for the first time in 40 years. Archeologists first excavated the house in 1933, and found its spectacular decorations almost entirely intact.
The building was discovered in 1933 but has been closed for repair following the Irpinia earthquake in 1980, which killed almost 3000 people. I can unsubscribe any time using the unsubscribe link at the end of all emails. That's because it is the only 'domus' whose second floor and decorations were discovered almost completely intact. In January researchers released a study which showed how the heat from the 79 AD eruption was so extreme it turned one victim's skull into a glass-like substance.
I wish it were so). The ancient Roman city’s House of the Lovers has reopened to the public 40 years after it was severely damaged in 1980 by an earthquake ), was a creature consisting of a small male tarantula connected to a larger female. The House of Lovers gets its name from a Latin inscription beside the entrance: “ Amantes, ut apes, vita (m) mellita (m) exigunt. Archeologists are still working to uncover more secrets at Pompeii, where some remarkable discoveries have been made in recent years.