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Ancient Pompeii Reveals Two More Victims of Eruption With Coins and Jewelry
The skeletal remains of a man and a woman have been unearthed in Pompeii, along with a cache of coins and precious jewelry, archaeologists say.
The discovery is part of a dig in Region IX of the buried city that has uncovered a plethora of ancient buildings and artifacts, including a bakery, a home renovation and rooms decorated with elaborate drawings. Pompeii was home to around 20,000 people when it was buried under ash and volcanic glass during the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
The latest discovery adds more detail to the picture of what life was like in the city before the disaster. The bodies were found in a small bedroom that was being used as a temporary sleeping space while the large home was undergoing renovation, according to the archaeologists who made the discovery.


The woman was found on the bed. Clutched in her hands was a small cache of gold, silver and bronze coins, as well as gold and pearl earrings. âThe room was chosen as a refuge by the two people, while waiting for the end of the fall of pumice that had been gradually filling the open spaces for hours in the rest of the house,â the archaeologists said in a statement.
Because the door was closed, the room remained free of pumice, but the couple were trapped inside. âTrapped in the cramped little room, their deaths were caused by the pyroclastic flow that buried them,â the archaeologists said.
The room, which contained a wooden bed, stool, chest and marble topped table, was near the Blue Shrine room, which was unearthed in June, and next to the large living area decorated with frescoes. Archaeologists also found bronze, glass and ceramic objects still in place on the table. A large bronze candelabrum was found on the floor.


âThe opportunity to analyze the invaluable anthropological data relating to the two victims found within the archaeological context that marked their tragic end, allows us to recover a considerable amount of information about the daily life of the ancient Pompeiians and the micro-histories of some of them, with precise and timely documentation, confirming the uniqueness of the Vesuvian territory,â the parkâs director, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, said.
He described the excavations as âa work in which archaeologists, anthropologists and volcanologists work together to reconstruct the last moments of the lives of men, women and children who perished during one of the greatest natural catastrophes of antiquity.â
The current excavations in Region IX were initially started to prevent the outer perimeter of the site from collapsing. They have provided some of the most important discoveries ever made in the ancient city.
By Barbie Latza Nadeau.
#pompeii#Ancient Pompeii Reveals Two More Victims of Eruption With Coins and Jewelry#Mount Vesuvius#gold#gold coins#gold jewelry#ancient jewelry#ancient artifacts#archeology#archeolgst#history#history news#ancient history#ancient culture#ancient civilizations#roman history#roman empire#roman art#ancient art#art history
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đ§đœââïž MERMAYPALOOZA! đ§đŒ
Requested By: @vesuvian-disaster
Mer!Heron identifies as a threat.
(To be fair, Heron is objectively a threat, in multiple ways lmao)
Alternate angle (links to both full-sized renders under the cut!):

[ Full Render 1 ]
[ Full Render 2 ]
#my art#heron phan#mermaypalooza#mermay 2023#mermay#arcana oc#3d render#fun fact: Heron is canonically trained in the use of polearms#but honestly you should be afraid of anyone willing to use lightning magic underwater
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Send me the pillow, the one that you dream on
Extrapolation of a synth, a meter, a perimeter. Coworkers are jogging students in a yearbook asking for names, quiet after, they had a secret summer fling it was a disaster like a van in a school parking lot, no one talked abt it at dinner, no one had a face, they had no name (too many names) a friend of a friend a new hire an old one, they said they'd get a job to be closer to you some nights you can't tell. At halloween some of you rub your costume smooth it on, supply of masks from the party store. Pumpkin basket for carrying to iwo jima. Comrades come and go. Less screen time is more parking time. Lambskin is erotic, the radio is push button the lollipop has fruit. Pump the beacon full of oil. Smell the kerosene and citronella. Chimneysweep in a pre nuclear winter, vesuvian darkness. Chase your fear with water. Try to find some solid lines, hop the electric fence down into the pasture.
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Anyway for more face eating tonight, I am mulling over Evander requesting the public death records during the period of the plague from one Marcus Aquila @vesuvian-disaster as one of the first things he does once itâs firmly established the plague has ended and heâs settled the business of getting his boats back into port and re-establishing various trade related business and opened up his grounds again.
He uses the list to begin marking off personal contacts, friends, business associates, and former guests to his grounds. The stack of documents he was delivered is THICK and his contacts list becomes an increasing stack of black streaks and smears as he goes through the long list of names.
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đ«for Jinanatello :3
YEEEES gremlin time time for gremlins
âBITING YOUâ âNOâBITING YOUâ what starts out as mindless, friendly chomps always turns into a game of biting-chicken that Jinana has the longest win streak with lmao
Jinana particularly likes to make Donnaâs hair do crazy stuff and really enjoys the visual confirmation that s/he zapped any of their remaining brain cells LMAO
Donna likes to see how many little things they can tuck into hir span buns before s/he notices (usually little flowers or leaves), which is probably their tamest form of bratting while still being a golden retriever LMAOO (if they werenât a coward, they would place a beetle on top ;P)
Bonus for the Bromance +1 @vesuvian-disaster :
Thatâs it thatâs the post LMFAO
#asks#oc lore#i really like that Donnaâs ass can also just be fat fucking nuts#like you decide LMFAIOHGIDFHG
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â± for one muse to surprise the other âI made you something.â [for Heron and Apprentice!Ell'iandyr] Heron hands Ell a box wrapped in a floral patterned cloth. - vesuvian-disaster
From THIS prompt list! (yes, Iâm still taking prompts from this, or any of the other ones listed HERE.)
Approx. 500 words of Heron being charming and Ellâiandyr being the adorable fluff that they are.
I hadnât expected to run into Heron while out for my early morning trip to the market, but I canât help but be glad to see him. With our respective businesses, I donât get to see him as much as I might like, so this is a very pleasant surprise indeed.
âGood morning,â I greet with a smile. Once weâre close enough, I slip my hand into his and press a kiss to his cheek. âIt looks like youâve had some success already,â I add, noting the parcel that heâs carrying.
âI was on my way to your shop, actually,â he admits, lifting my hand to press a kiss to my knuckles, a gesture I never fail to find flattering. âHave you stopped for coffee yet?â
âNo, I havenât. Do you have time to join me for a cup? I know Selasi has a mint tea you enjoy.â
âOf course I do,â he replied, giving my hand a squeeze but not letting go as we turned our steps towards Selasiâs booth and the enticing aroma of fresh spiced bread.
We settle at a (relatively) quiet table and donât have to wait long at all before there is bread to share, and warm beverages to stave off the slight chill that lingers in the morning air. Only after Iâve had a few sips of the sweetly spiced coffee that has been placed before me do I think to ask Heron why he might have been on his way to the shop to begin with.
âI made you something.â Heron hands me a box wrapped in a floral patterned cloth. I had noticed him carrying it but assumed that it was something he had bought for himself. If I was more astute, Iâd have remembered that he tends to put his purchases in the nicely made but seemingly cavernous bag that Iâve seldom seen him out without.
I accept the box carefully, moving my coffee out of the way. I look at the fabric wrapping, then glance back to him with a confused smile. âReally?â To say Iâm flattered is an understatement.
âYes. Really. Go ahead,â he adds encouragingly.
I undo the carefully tied fabric, then lift the lid of the box. Inside is a leather satchel, finely tooled with a floral motif I recognize all too well. âHenbane,â I murmur, smiling as I lift the bag out to admire the handiwork. âThis is amazing, Heron. Thank you.â
âItâs a little more than a nice bag,â he explains. âI havenât put anything in it, but itâs like the one I carry.â
I know what he means-- a bag of holding in which one can store any number of things. It would be ideal for market days, of course, and would mean that I couldnât forget any number of things at home that I am so often prone to forgetting.
âAnd⊠you made this. For me?â I ask, holding the bag to my chest.
âYes. For you,â he assures, quirking a little smile. âYou like it?â
Of course I like it-- I adore it, because Heron made it for me. That it happens to be both useful and beautiful is secondary. But I canât quite manage to say that aloud, and instead lean close to press a warm kiss to his lips. âVery much,â I murmur as I draw away.
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1, 29, 37 - vesuvian-disaster
Thank you SO much! I will make a section for each for the sake of clarity.
1. Whatâs their full name? Why was that chosen? Does it mean anything?
29. What do they do when they find out someone elseâs fear? Do they tease them? Or get very over protective?
37. Do they like to read? Are they a fast or slow reader? Do they like poetry? Fictional or non fiction?
Deirdra
1. Deirdra Margalit Ayara. Deirdra because at the very beginning I envisioned them as Irish, but as they were also inspired by the Catalan republicans that fought in the Spanish Civil War, I swapped the E for the A. Margalit is a Jewish last name and their father is Jewish while Araya is of Catalan origin and the last name of their mother. Deirdr(a/e) also means âwandererâ which is a fitting choice for someone who wandered with their fellow partisans through their homeland and ended up forced to leave it for good when their side lost the battle.
29. They do tease people if the fear is relatively minor and in that case either forget about it or jokingly bring it up if it comes up and itâs taken lightly. If itâs something more severe, they will be very overprotective should someone else be insensitive.
37. Their father was a teacher and taught them to read, theyâre a journalist as well so yes, Deirdra loves to read whatever they can get their hands on. They are a rather slow reader despite that but take their time with enjoying a good book, as long as theyâre not very long or too heavy material.
Sayelle
1. Sayelle bint Zahir. The name Sayelle actually belonged to a secondary character of a German fantasy novel I read some years ago but it stuck so much with me that I ended up using it for her, and while a woman named Sayelle was always in my drafts for a love interest to Nadia, her characterization changed fundamentally. Bint is similar to ibn or ben and means âdaughter of ___â in Arabic, while âzahirâ is a romanization of âmagicianâ - all children raised in the Bizateni temples that become fully-fledged magicians are given the possibility to reclaim the name.
29. Whatever your fear is, sheâd most likely not make fun of you ever should she find out about it, depending on what it is, she might even help you get over it. Whatever it is, you mustâve confided in her enough to tell her, and she wonât betray your trust so that your secret is safe with her.
37. If Sayelleâs something then sheâs an ambitious nerd, and she has probably read more papers or academic volumes than most people could dream of. She does have a soft spot for poetry, but thereâs nothing better than to pick up a scientific journal and read through it at terrifying speed.Â
Ximena
1. Ximena MarĂa Magdalena de Rubalcaba y Saavedra. Iâll be honest and admit that part of all the Rubalcabas names is to give them names that sound preppy and snobby enough that it could be a real aristocratsâ name back in the old day. The in-universe reasoning for all three sisters having a middle name that starts with âMarĂaâ is that their mother had a similar name to them, MarĂa de la Soledad, commonly called Marisol. Ximena is a Basque name and means âshe who heardâ, and since she is the one with the most magical affinity who sees a vision that prompts her to essentially betray her family and has an almost uncanny ability to read people and their emotions, she is definitely someone who hears. The last name is based on Spanish naming conventions as Calpacia is inspired by Spain and parts of Latin America, except that the nobility of its capital Cartagenth usually put the family name of the more influential/powerful parent in the first spot while the âlesserâ parentâs first last name gets the second. So in this case itâs for the daughter of Marisol of the Rubalcaba noble family (with the nobiliary particle De) and ValentĂn of the Saavedra merchant family (very influential and well-off commoners).
29. Depending on how close you are, she will make it clear sheâs aware of it, and using it against you is out of the question for her from a moral standpoint. If she doesnât like you and youâre a legitimate threat... well, youâll know, and she wonât pull her punches.
37. Reading is good, sheâs neither very quick nor very fast at it but she does find poetry more accessible for her personally. A very big penchant for well-written epics though, she does love to be sucked into a world and trapped in there, and also doesnât shy away from the classics, perhaps coming across as a bit pretentious when it comes to who reads what.Â
Cibela
1. Cibela MarĂa Teresa de Rubalcaba y Saavedra. Cibela (the C is pronounced like an S) is derived from the name of the Anatolian mother goddess Cybele, and also is the eldest of three sisters by roughly half a decade (Heloisa) and a full one (Ximena), as well as the only one by the time when the story begins who has an actual child. Also a name that was around ever since I first thought of the character back in a completely different fandom, although in that version Cibela was dead long before the story even began.Â
29. She will keep it in mind but not bother you with it at all. Teasing someone with their fears is a low-hanging fruit and Cibela most likely and without exaggeration doesnât give a shit, and you will probably have forgotten about having told her at all -- until the day comes where itâs used against you if you turn out to be moving against her, and she will know just to fuck you over.Â
37. She is well-read due to being of very high standing in the Calpacian nobility but she has no real passion for literature. She does have her favourite novels and poems but itâs not something that will make her giddy or cause overt excitement. She is a much bigger fan of music, being a trained pianist and all.
Heloisa
1. Heloisa MarĂa Dolores de Rubalcaba y Saavedra. Heloisa (the H is silent) is the German variant of HĂ©loise and means âfamed warriorâ, which is basically what a part of Heloisa wishes she were due to having literally no fighting skills whatsoever unlike Cibela and her aunt EsmĂ©, both famed warriors and generals, and Ximena, who still has an advantage due to her magic, which leaves Heloisa having to rely on her charisma and way with words exclusively in the cut-throat world of the Cartagense court among her fellow politicians.
29. Mentally take note of it, store it away until needed, and when that moment comes that person will be under her thumb, and she will follow up on her threat even if itâs just to get a laugh out of it. If youâre asking yourself whether everyone in this family is at least partially inclined to lie and manipulate others; yes, they are. Itâs what happens when the arguably the most important person in your life during your childhood lies to you all the time.
37. Sheâs a playwright herself, and as such an avid reader herself who takes part of her inspiration from having read other novels. She can downright devour them, but has no real preference between fiction and non-fiction but cares more about the actual quality of whatâs written.
#asks#vesuvian-disaster#sayelle bint zahir#ximena rubalcaba#cibela de rubalcaba#heloisa de rubalcaba#deirdra margalit#oof this took a while but it was VERY fun#Anonymous
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[closed rp] Return To Vesuvia
âOh, you can see the Palace from here!â
Jinana leans on the railing of the ship, looking out eagerly over the water. The summer sun glimmers on the surface of the calm sea, and reflects back brilliantly from the marble facade and golden spires of the Palace that perches on high, overlooking Vesuvia proper.
Anjali hisses softly and hides her face in Jinanaâs skirts. She receives absent, comforting scratches behind her large tufted ears. âOh, bitya, itâs all right. Weâll be back on land soon.â
But Jinanaâs smile fades as s/he notices a low shape off to starboard, and the growing murkiness of the water as they approach. Even the crew seem hushed as the Lazaret comes into view, and several make the signs against the Eye, to ward off any misfortune that might come from the mere sight of such an ill-omened place.
âThey said it was bad, but this...â Jinanaâs murmured words trail off as s/he turns to Heron. His face is as impassive as ever, but for a very faint tightening about his eyes and mouth. S/he reaches out to place hir arm around his waist, offering what comfort s/he can.
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Me, sitting down to write some smutty magic headcanons: hehe kinkyÂ
Me, 30 minutes later: So anyway, Marty figured out the spell that lets him and Ilya feel each otherâs emotions, but both just ended up sobbing mid-sceneâ
#two local disasters still can't quite believe their luck after being together for a year#more Vesuvian news at 11#Marty's usually somewhat emotionally constipated but.... yea#the Arcana#OC: Marty#Fan Apprentice#Julian x Apprentice
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It's.... MERMAY-PALOOZA~
Finally, FINALLY I have collected enough assets to do MerMay!



This one will go a lil differently from previous Renderpaloozas - I'll be taking requests all week (5/1/23 - 5/7/23), but instead of trying to cram all the renders into the same week, I'll be pacing myself and releasing them throughout the month.
Choices and rules are under the cut. I can't possibly show every variation available, feel free to DM me if you want to see texture options or have any questions!
Requests are now CLOSED.
You can find the request queue here!
RULES:
Please limit to 2 requests per requestor.
One character per render.
Renders will have a prefab underwater scene as a backdrop.
Poses will be chosen by me.
If you request someone else's OC, I will have to okay it with the OC's creator first!
I reserve the right to close the request window at any time, I am but one little guy and I can only do so much T_T
I will append a request queue to this post as requests come in! If you send a request and don't see it appear in the queue within a day, tumblr probably ate your request :c Try again!
Tail Choices:
Classic Merfolk (choose tailfin)
Seahorse Tail
Fantasy Lionfish Tail
Octo-Mer (fem base characters only, sadly)
Shark Tail (choose arm fins, scars, body paint)
Classic Mermaid (with gills, fem base only)
Eel Tail (with gills, masc base only)
Fancy Tails (choose fin options)
Snake Tails (choose scale options)
Texture Choices:
Color - most of these have a huge array of colors and patterns available. Feel free to DM me about the choices available for the tail you've chosen! I can also make some basic color adjustments to suit. You can also just leave it up to me!
Glossy/Metallic/Pearly/Bioluminescent - I can make the tail have a fancy sheen or bioluminescent markings!
Clothing/Jewelry:
Pearls, gems, gold, silver; rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings and body chains; facial and body piercings - I can adorn your mer in jewelry if you like! Give a general vibe and I'll do my best to fulfill it from my large library of jewelry assets. (Otherwise, they'll just have their usual jewelry.)
Armor - I can put armor on the top half of your mer. Choose from fantasy or realistic styles.
Modesty top - if your mer has breasts, they can go bare (will mark the render as Mature) or I can choose a little fantasy top for them to wear. (If your mer goes bare, I can absolutely give them nip piercings btw)
Masc mers can absolutely wear a little crop top too, as a treat :)
Hair:
Unless otherwise specified, characters will have their usual hair, but you can request a long-haired version for your mer!
Available Models:
Julian
Asra
Nadia
Portia
Valerius
Jinana
Heron @vesuvian-disaster
Marcus Aquila @vesuvian-disaster
Hjordis @vesuvian-disaster
MiloĆĄ @xx-sharpfawngz-xxx
Donna @bottomvalerius
Vida @apprenticevida
Turel @fullyfunctionalapprentice
Bastien @daisydevorak
Ell'iandyr @foxfirefallout
Tsedi @joasakura
Arsenic @arsenicxarcana
Coatli @coyoxxtl
Evander @luasworkshop
Yeshe (because it's funny)
Have Fun!
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Daisy in Flannel? - vesuvian-disaster
OC outfit prompt
Sheâd definitely be the type to tie the bottom of her flannel. Damn sheâd make a cute horse girl tho uwu
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I FEEL U BROTHER
Not a love that enables his worst qualities, but one that maybe, just maybe, makes him want to be better. Having been shown compassion, can a person like him come back from the things he's done? Knowing that no one owes him a damn thing, least of all forgiveness, and in midlife at that?
(Heron was originally supposed to do exactly that, coming upon a beaten and broken Lucio after the events of Jinana's route, creating a potential conflict with The Bromance and most of his other relationships as well... but the route and The Fandomâą just kinda killed vesuvian-disaster's interest in writing that oops)
[ And All that Could Have Been plays in the distance ]
Definitely write more smut tho, more smut is always good đđđ»
on my personal blog I keep reblogging stuff about redeeming villains n forcing them to get better n how trying to grow is better than dying about it
and then I realize if I was actually dedicated to helping Lucio be better I would have given him a mc of his own already
instead in one timelime he's borrowing nadia's and getting beaten with sticks otherwise
im sorry buddy
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This is terribly spesific - but some art Evander has commissioned in some Sam @bottomvalerius and Heron @vesuvian-disaster continuity for them. It's not meant to be mean - those two just are something.
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Do you have bios for your OCs somewhere? Been looking around and can't seem to find any, if there are. I'd like to get to know them a bit. - vesuvian-disaster
@vesuvian-disaster
I was actually just thinking about this. I made grimoires for Alya and Ensley but I haven't made any proper bios and I was just thinking the other day I should get on that lol
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đ«Donna and Marcus Aquila >:3 - vesuvian-disaster
*chanting* IN-LAWS, IN-LAWS, IN-LAWS!!!!!! @vesuvian-disaster
Marcus Aquila only starts to warm up to Donna when they finally break one day and beg em for a cigarette in exchange for a joint later, clearly fresh from Vulgora tackling them into a bush before lmfao (âI can give you something to mask the smell for your⊠acquaintance.â âI already have a spell for that but thank you anywayâ)
Theyâll make arrangements to have âtea timeâ (both literal and gossip lol) on a quasi regular basis, which is extremely funny being that Valerius doesnât even see em that often
Very much Golden Retriever + Black Cat energy together LMAO like itâs odd to see them socializing in the wild but it just works peace and love on the planet earth
Marcus would teasingly refer to Valerius as their âhusbandâ prior to him proposing, specifically to bully and shame him lmfao
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đđ⥠for Apprentice!Ell'iandyr - vesuvian-disaster
đ = Has your muse ever been heartbroken? If so, explain what happened.
In the moments after a parting of ways, Ellâiandyr might say that they are heartbroken, but it isnât something that lasts for very long, especially since they have Asra to suggest that if the relationship didnât last, there was a reason, and that reason probably wasnât Ellâs fault (because as far as Asra is concerned, Ell is a perfect cinnamon-roll). As apprentice, they have no memory of their familyâs betrayal of them, and do not actively try to regain those memories.
đ = Does your muse like to flirt? Do they like to be flirted with?Â
Ellâiandyr absolutely likes to flirt, and to be flirted with. They generally go into it with no expectations, though, so when the attention is reciprocated, they might be temporarily flustered.
⥠= Is there any kind of person that your muse will never date?
LucioÂ
While Ell considers themself to be fairly open-minded, they would not date someone who exhibits qualities of cruelty or apathy towards others. Even if they are charming to Ell, they would suspect that such attitudes would be a more true reflection of such a personâs temperament.
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