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Title
House Of The Wooden Partition
Artist
Maria Coulson
Medium
Photograph
Description
House in Herculaneum, it is called the house of the wooden partition because of a wooden partition used to separate the room from the atrium. Herculaneum located in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, was an ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in 79 AD. Its ruins are located in the commune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy.
It is most famous for having been lost, along with Pompeii, Stabiae, Oplontis and the neighborhood of Monte Bursaccio in Boscoreale, in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 that buried it in superheated pyroclastic material. It is also famous as one of the few ancient cities that can now be seen in almost its original splendor; unlike Pompeii, it was buried deeply enough to preserve the upper stories of buildings. Additionally, the hotter ash preserved wooden household objects such as beds, doors, and even food. Moreover, Herculaneum was a wealthier town than Pompeii, possessing an extraordinary density of fine houses, and far more lavish use of colored marble cladding. The discovery in recent years of some 300 skeletons along the sea shore came as a surprise, as it had been assumed that the town had been evacuated.
Proceeds from the sale of this photograph goes to help orphaned and abandoned children in Colombia South America.
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June 14th, 2014
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Streator, IL - United States
Incredible find and capture, Maria! Love the light coming through the door.
Charles Town, WV - United States
Magnificent captures of this fascinating place ... I was there many years ago and your images are bringing all the magic back!! Very well done!!! l/f
Pueblo, CO - United States
So beautiful! Love the large wall that looks like a great abstract painting! v/f!!
Perth, We - Australia
Excellent light, colors and composition. I often wonder what would have happened - if the Roman Empire had not fallen... :-)
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