Latest Discoveries at Pompeii's Insula 10 Include an Incredibly Painted Room

[@alisn.7998]

It makes no sense to think the black room was painted black so that smoke from the oil lamps wouldn’t show, because smoke would equally affect the paintings on the walls.

[@inthenebula92]

It would certainly be less of a surface area to clean though

[@binabina4445]

Not to mention why didn't anyone else paint rooms black? Why weren't there other rooms in that house painted black if they cared so much? No it was obviously a room for entertaining. It would look awesome at night.

[@solinvictus39]

And considering that most, if not all, rooms in antiquity were using oil lamps, using their logic black rooms would be the norm and not the exception.

[@GathKingLeppbertI]

It makes sense if the owner was a biden voter.

[@filmbuffo5616]

@@binabina4445 One emperor of ancient Rome was in fact recorded to have held a "black feast", and everything about the evening was black - all the people invited had to wear black clothing, all the furnishings were made of black marble, and even all the food and wine served was black. Maybe this room was done up as an imitation of or an homage to that famous occasion.

[@wubuck79]

I’m no historian or archaeologist but it seems more likely to me the room was painted black just because that’s how they wanted to do it.

[@LJAllen1000]

I would have gone for a wipeable wallpaper and a framed print from the Keep Calm and Carry On range.

[@zacariastercero5389]

Right?

[@LaurenAnyone]

I think there is a written Roman source about painting winter walls black.

[@ddddddVbbbbbb]

@@LaurenAnyone Exactly, Vitruvius has written about it. He specifically explains that it serves two purpose: keeping the warmth of the braziers and hide the smoke deposits

[@rena2168]

È uno degli "stili" della pittura pompeiana

[@nordwestpassage]

Astonishing paintings. Thanks for showing!

[@DiscoveryFuture]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Oakeshott-ko8ig]

Yes, the paintings and the people they depict dispel the lies and propaganda of the anti-white leftist history revisionists.

[@marycamilleri447]

I was lucky enough to visit Pompei last year with my daughter and son in law and saw archaeologists excavating an area in Pompei which i assume is the area where these finds have been found, it is such an amazing place.

[@DiscoveryFuture]

Wonderful!

[@TracyD2]

Nice? I always wanted to go.

[@mariegeorge8865]

I walked these Pompeii streets in 1979. Awesome. Never forgot it.

[@jeffhampton2767]

There must be so many Treasures Unearthed❤

[@djr6876]

It always amazes me ,the level of sophistication in these ancient civilizations.

[@mwj5368]

Me too!!! I think there are elements to knowledge and the fact humanity and our advancements rely on a history of ideas. To me there were great minds then and now, but the minds of ancient times span yet greater time periods. Really we look up to ancient Greece as western civilizations base but the Greeks and others of those times looked up to Egypt and Alexandria was a real gathering place for the great minds of the era. I think as we learn more about the past through like the ancient scrolls stored in the monasteries in the Himalayan Mountains, the deteriorating centuries old library at the Vatican, and any such scrolls that could be unraveled from Herculaneum and Pompeii could be invaluable. I wish some billionaire would come forward and fund the preservation and study of such libraries. I think the burning of the library at Alexandria Egypt was a huge loss to humanity. I recall they unraveled meanings from some clay tablets I think from Babylonian era and their numeric and mathematical base was 60 as compared to our base 10 or like the binary Math system used in computer programs.

[@ROMA--AETERNA]

“These” ancient civilizations? Are you ethnically European or not? If you are European, it is “your” ancient civilization; if not, then you should simply address the “Roman civilization” and not use, “these”, which is ambiguous.

[@filmbuffo5616]

@@ROMA--AETERNA What of Finland?

[@chickensoup7578]

@@ROMA--AETERNAgirl it ain’t that deep

[@RamblingRodeo]

Right, yet at times it seems like the science and researchers are or do at times dismiss what these ancient civilizations were able to accomplish, because researchers cant explain it.

[@waynek3366]

Pompeii modern times before modern times. I love this station . Thank you

[@DiscoveryFuture]

You're most welcome!

[@carolyn64]

I find this video just so interesting! I have always been interested in Pompeii. So sad and beautiful!

[@DiscoveryFuture]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mwj5368]

I hope they find in this wealthier section of Pompeii that some of the villas might have libraries full of carbonized scrolls.

[@marinafelix.a]

Already did.

[@ail-on3px]

Or not carbonized scrolls ! That's were very intersting 😃👍

[@mwj5368]

@@marinafelix.a Hi! Do you mean the carbonized scrolls found in Herculaneum? So you mean they have been excavating in this wealthier part of the Pompeii for a while and already found scrolls? I hope they soon do a video on that. Were they found in good condition, meaning as compared to some from Herculaneum that were damaged? Thanks for your input.

[@mwj5368]

@@ail-on3px Wow that would be great if some were preserved in original condition. From what I understand the paper would not have survived and the only reason there are scrolls to unravel is because they were carbonized under the extreme heat. There is a video about a Roman soldiers complex in England where they found letters I think on tree bark soldiers I think had written to be sent back to relatives in Rome etc. so maybe it's possible and you make a good point. I think of the many centuries old scrolls in original condition preserved in the Himalayan monasteries in Pakistan and other regions in the very arid and cold environment that have not been studied, and the huge centuries old library deteriorating at the Vatican. I wonder about the knowledge and unique perspectives hidden in those libraries that could easily perish in these tumultuous times. It's like what was lost in the library at Alexandria Egypt that burned. Humanity relies on the history of ideas as we progress as a modern civilization and how war drives everything backwards.

[@filmbuffo5616]

We can only hope so.

[@ddddddVbbbbbb]

For all people criticizing the explanation of the black paint: Vitruvius himself wrote about it. He recommended the use of black rooms for the winter in order to maintain the heat of the lamps and to hide the smoke marks. You can see a beautiful example of such "winter rooms" in Palazzo Massimo in Rome

[@FarmHandz-cx4rn]

Yea right dont defend his misinformation you sound desperate.

[@cabincrafts2239]

I've always been fascinated by Pompeii! It literally is a capsule frozen in time and many things can be learned about all of the different classes of society from it's excavation. While I was watching this, one thing just jumped out at me: no matter who you are or how many material objects you have, we will all one day face eternity. Are you ready? Our lives are but a vapor!

[@filmbuffo5616]

The Romans did not believe in a life after this one.

[@BOOGERBOY1]

We are but shadows and dust , shadows and dust

[@TheMoneyMakingMentor]

I was there in 1977. It was amazing to see.

[@carolwalmsley3362]

I would love to go.

[@lenieverkaik]

I found this very interesting so thank you very much!

[@DiscoveryFuture]

You're very welcome!

[@CrisHuron]

Thank u, this is amazing to c. We go about our daily lives unaware of such amazing unearthings n discovery. Thank u for ur diligence n making sure these videos r available for us to c. 😊

[@eleanorkosmala4278]

I agree I took my sons there a few years back it was the highlight of our trip

[@Spankypenguin1]

It is possible that the renovation work was related to the powerful earthquake that hit the area a few years before the eruption, badly damaging and even destroying a number of buildings in the city.

[@stevetheduck1425]

Mm. That crack in the tesselated floor looked like something they would repair, given the funds. Perhaps the laundry and bakery didn't pay enough to keep the whole house in good repair.

[@lauradoxtater1301]

I too thought that the pile of ceiling tiles in the black room were as a result of the previous earthquake, thereby needing restoration. When I visited Pompeii our tour guide specified that most of the damage to the city was a result of powerful earthquakes prior to the eruption.

[@debbralehrman5957]

Thanks👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@DiscoveryFuture]

Thank you too!

[@DylisMort]

Love Pompeii,visited twice

[@neiljohnson1773]

At least now the discoveries will be preserved and protected more than the earlier digging.

[@huricane5184]

Just think.. the paints and oils they used way back then from actual plants and rocks by far outlasted the modern paints they use today.

[@Nmccarville]

I would love to see movie made on the period right after the Pompeii explosion to see how empire dealt with the tragedy

[@johnryman-f3c]

3 days isn't enough for this fascinating city

[@johnbehneman1546]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! THAT IS A TOTALLY AWSOME HISTORICAL DISCOVERY!!!!

[@sgassocsg]

Folks. The real treasures are waiting under Herculaneum, a much wealthier city. But alas, they can’t get to them. A city with people lay above

[@marcobelli6856]

Bro if I was the president of Italy I would buy all those modern apartments over Herculaneum make the people go live somewhere else in the area (It’s not a rich neighbourhood they literally are ugly houses) raze them down and reveal the ancient city. And if I lived there I would happily go somewhere else if the country gave me the money.

[@marcobelli6856]

And with tourism you can make all the money back 10 fold also even if it wasn’t economically convenient the history under there is priceless

[@sgassocsg]

@@marcobelli6856 LOL. MONEY COVERS MANY SINS. I’m with you bro. Eminent domain ! They should make us politicians 😎

[@filmbuffo5616]

Our science will render the overburden transparent, given enough time we'll develop tools to look right through it to the underlying layers without disturbing anything.

[@juanmcm]

Well, we don't really know where the archaeological treasures are as they may be there, whether it's in Pompeii, Herculaneum or even in nearby Oplontis All these areas are quite unpredictable since they have a lot of history and let's not forget that so far many more impressive things have appeared in Pompeii than in Herculaneum and although the latter is richer than the first, it seems that Herculaneum was a mostly residential area and without many factories or workshops.

[@1Kent]

This is a good video, it didn't need the clickbait thumbnail.

[@pedroflores1978]

Great video, thank you 👍👏😀

[@DiscoveryFuture]

Thanks for the visit!

[@weisthor0815]

was there last year. absolutely amazing. go there while you still can, the supervolcano will end all of this one day.

[@cplmpcocptcl6306]

Excellent upload. This channel came out swinging. New sub.

[@DiscoveryFuture]

Thanks and welcome.

[@ellalella1]

The black room is very cool!

[@toddaulner5393]

I think they just chose black because it would make the figures pop.

[@TracyD2]

The Trojan war was already ancient over 1000 years. I find that amazing

[@UmmNeutral101]

Nerd alert, Cassandra rejecting Apollo did not cause the Trojan War.

[@olgafav.8491]

He said "ultimately led", not "caused" which is fully corect: Cassandra warned Trojans many times but they never listened due to Appolo's curse which was laid on the priestess because of her rejection.

[@caledoniawarrior]

Another nerd silenced from a total lack of historical context. Well done

[@panchopuskas1]

I must say that the old religions and myths of the Greeks and Romans were much more fun.....

[@HughONeill]

The way the frescos are on the black and then a vibrent ceiling fresco, I would think that it is for some dramatic lighthing effect, (see the artwork of James Turrell) I wonder if there are any remains of the roof structure remaining and other artifacts in the room to give an idea of how the space was lit, it would an interesting project to build it in Unreal engine to experiment with the space.

[@ddbb6618]

Yep, aesthetic effect rather than soot, is my guess. The images would be very impressive viewed in dim lighting

[@JackMenendez]

Some things never change

[@filmbuffo5616]

But most things do.

[@breakshot7451]

imagine it takes them another 50 or more years to rediscover and then vesuv says, hey here i go again and buries it all again. ;))) just a fan of murphys law here.

[@johnbehneman1546]

THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!

[@DiscoveryFuture]

My pleasure!!

[@azwris]

As we all now can see, the original name of Paris was of course Alexandros. Trojan War was a civil one indeed!

[@johnbehneman1546]

I LOVE LEARNING ABOUT POMPEII AND HERCULANIUNM!!!!

[@markloewen2677]

In these new excavation, do they still come accross more of the victims remains ? I can't help but wonder how many of these unfortunates perished inside of their residences

[@fabianmckenna8197]

Absolutely........ TV program recently about the finding of two horses, a carriage, the owner and his slave all buried under twenty feet of volcanic ash. Also there remains one third of Pompeii still go be excavated so that's about 22 hectares.

[@harryarmitage6056]

I went to a lecture a few months ago which touched on this. Apparently the number of human remains found is far less than we might expect, leading the scientists to conclude that most of the population left - and they think they have partially confirmed that by looking at recorded names and DNA testing of descendants of adjacent communities.

[@marcobelli6856]

I heard about this the other day really beautiful

[@stevenkaskus6173]

The black room reminds me very much of the indoor pool at the Hurst Castle

[@dsantamaria713]

Though this is exciting, I have always been curious what, or where they put all the ash that covered Pompei and Herculaneum? 🤷

[@julie-nm6lv]

The black room I think was done that way to make the frescos stand out, they showed up better with a black background and then also for the lamps but with the lamps burning in a dark room the light from them would illuminate the frescos

[@dylandog1289]

2000 years old and those paintings dont look any older than a few hundred. Wild.

[@yayagazab4449]

Edificio in Spanish means building, which comes directly from the Latin Aedile and his functions in Roman society.

[@Fiat_lux_888]

Как же это прекрасно, как были созидательны люди того времени. Что пошло не так?😢

[@christopherflux6254]

The word Verus means ‘truthful’. So it’s ironic that a politician was named that.

[@virginias.poston4308]

Iconographically speaking, the Apollo fresco probably shows his Delphic sibyl. The decoration of the stone she sits on is very similar to a carved stone from Delphi.

[@johnc3826]

The picture of the room shown with this video is not shown in this video

[@adoxartist1258]

1:23 Here, lemme help you with that: Apolo's continually harassing Cassandra after she said no is what caused the disastrous Trojan war.

[@mwj5368]

Just my amateur thought... If the room was painted black because the oil lamps would spoil the frescoes then why weren't all rooms with frescoes painted black? Maybe the owner was fussier than most about stains from the lamps causing a dirtier look. I wonder if there were other reasons the walls were painted black, yet the science of Archaeology I'm sure makes such considerations and many more before concluding the choice of black because of the oil lamps.

[@GodzHarleyGirlStudio]

Clickbait thumbnail as you show skeletons but talk nothing about them even though you show them on your diagram.

[@ddbb6618]

Great content, but didn't the roofs collapse due ghe weigh of volcanic ash being deposited (slowly) rather than the force of the eruption?

[@johnbehneman1546]

PLEASE KEEP US UPDATED ON YOUR PROGRESS!!!!

[@DiscoveryFuture]

Sure will!

[@outthere9370]

I agree with others here. I think this room was painted black to highlight the frescoes illuminated by the oil lamps. The answer is just so black & white. 🤭 Hiding the soot marks? I doubt it. If, this was so then "everyroom" would have been painted black. Doesn't make sense. Who would want to live in a house with walls painted black?

[@tian5639]

Sorry Pliny but “fortuna non semper fortibus favet “.

[@dirkbonesteel]

HOLD UP - @2:40 the old Zeus / swan story. But what I am hearing is that Helen of Troy being part human, part swan probably had a cloaca ! Is that what caused all the commotion?

[@paramadevi3218]

Is it a "morally questionable practice to distribute free food to the people"??? What about extorting taxes from the poor and neglecting the needy like the politicians do today?

[@Julie-x1s]

I wonder why only at Pompeii remnants of volcano victims are ever found. There are hundreds of erupting volcanoes in history.

[@SJam491]

Archaeologists can make discoveries like this only because the Italians didn't build a modern-day town over what was once Pompeii.

[@losstucker2117]

Cost is the deterant to restoration

[@robdemanager8398]

Just let me know when they unearth the Xena and Gabrielle room....

[@Sarappreciates]

I wonder what Pompeii would be today had it survived the blast.

[@andrerousseau5730]

Any evidence of glass windows?

[@Daisy-tl2lh]

Even the poorest citizen of Pompeii seems to have eaten better food than the average Brit today!

[@lupodimontenero661]

Although immoral politicians were frequent in the Roman world,( ^^ not like today < sarcasm), distributing bread, organizing large open-air dinners or gladiatorial games and theatrical performances was a common and accepted electoral practice.

[@ail-on3px]

Anche ai giorni nostri è pratica comprare i voti per delle buste di spesa in cambio, soprattutto nel sud Italia. Quindi il DNA di certe persone si è tramandato, purtroppo

[@chamisenanayake4361]

Cassandra rejecting Apollo started the Trojan war? NO. Prince Paris stealing Hellen as tarted it..

[@lyraserpentine894]

16 personalities trapped on an island would be a great video!

[@geoganicus7238]

So we found this city buried under volcanic ash & debris. It was dramatically sudden & totally devastating. Thousands of lives were lost.... Hey, Ive got a great idea. Let's build another city & put our houses even closer this time.

[@marcobelli6856]

The whole Naples metro area has like 5 million people if it erupted very strong it would be a disaster.

[@yatokami7907]

You've got the order of that wrong, most of the cities around Vesuvius were founded long before the ruins of Pompeii were rediscovered. Slopes of volcanoes just happen to benefit from particularly fertile soil, of which the agricultural benefits and population growth that comes with it, outweigh the fear of destruction from the relatively rare occurrence of an eruption.

[@geoganicus7238]

@@yatokami7907 Yes very good. It was a joke 👍

[@ManaPourhamidi]

🙆 perfect perfect 🙆

[@tedwatson9929]

1000s of citizens escaped the disaster. let's hear their stories

[@toddaulner5393]

Do you think a good artist like me could get hired to restore the frescoes?

[@spiritualhumanist]

Black room was probably a entertainment/ orgy place , that smoke from lamps is nonsense.

[@filmbuffo5616]

I don't know about that, have you ever tried cleaning lampblack from a wall or ceiling? There are good reasons for avoiding that work.

[@karphin1]

A- Dyles ? Eye-dill-ees, pronunciation of senior officials, “aediles”.

[@johnbehneman1546]

I LOVE SPENDING TIME WITH MY ITALIAN FAMILY!!!

[@erwinvangrinsven9345]

Is this why there’s never swan on the menu❓

[@mssmith3604]

Did he also forgive student loans?

[@juliahempstead9237]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@johng4093]

Now they hand out EBT cards instead of bread. 😂

[@cheesypooo6838]

They painted that 2 weeks before the film

[@EKA201-j7f]

Almost like the Sistine Chapel idea.

[@rachelfrank4640]

Reminds me of Domitian’s black dinner

[@jamesrashbrook9485]

Who wants to live in an expensive mansion with smell of piss from laundry attached on other side of your dining room

[@JGG3345]

Regeeonays?

[@Mma-Guy]

So wouldnt that painting prove itself that troy was real?

[@tangerinetangerine4400]

It just shows they knew of the myth. How does it prove it was real?

[@MaulanaSalahudinChan-ik9gp]

Who were Pompei Gods ?

[@boxofmoles4057]

Going to suck if after all this digging the volcano erupts again and covers it back up. 🥴🤷🏻‍♂️

[@murfrirhke4557]

It always amazes me, the level of drama & idiocy in the narration.

[@JennieAndrews-l8j]

I only think this is cool cause it showed the Lord wasnt playing. Wasnt playing with sodom and Gomorrah Wasnt playing inb79 AD Wasnt playing when He flood the world. Who is ur Messiah?

[@Felix-fy7ki]

An ancient dark room...?

[@filmbuffo5616]

Nocturnal gatherings outdoors were punishable by death in ancient Rome, so this served to imitate outdoor darkness indoors, and so give an impression of what was otherwise forbidden for them to experience.

[@LindaAucone-xb5in]

Bellissimo! Bonita! Beautiful! 🤣😂😅😆😁😄😉🥰😍😏😝😜🥴🤔😱🤨😒🙄😨😧😲😳😵‍💫🤑🙈🙉🙊🌚🌝🌞🌛🌜🙀😿😻💐🏛️🇮🇹

[@davedoogan6650]

01:33 the majestic coming to life How would anyone know? Total BS

[@bantehayes9973]

They had no problem painting weiners back then.

[@lobodelosfeliz]

tomato??

[@stephenalexander6033]

Bribing voters with free bread? Shocked, simply shocked this has happened in a democracy!

[@sirbernardmendesfrance6817]

Why don’t they simply reconstruct the buildings and restore them?? Like restore the amphitheater and other significant venues where the populaces can also use them as a place of entertainment or music hall, or performing arts center, etc.

[@inthenebula92]

My guess is that besides the fact it would damage the ruins and compromise the archeological integrity of these sites, it opens things up for people to damage them, some of the buildings don't have the structural integrity, couldn't be built up to code, etc.

[@josephpetrino1741]

"simply reconstruct the buildings and restore them" ....

[@nicart004]

Easier said than done.

[@johng4093]

No, the historical value is irreplaceable and would quickly degrade from modern use and souvenir hunters. This is museum quality art that people would be tromping on, scratching, scuffing, hacking.

[@St1cKnGoJuGgAlO]

Removing literal tons of rock and ash could "unsettle' the volcano and cause some issues 🌋

[@jamesdiaz793]

I won't be voting for Varus. He also refused to serve because of bone spurs.

[@Kranebitter81]

Also referred to Roman soldiers who had died in battle as ‘losers’.

[@kurtkensson2059]

Are you sure it wasn't because of asthma? All that volcanic ash must've really aggravated it, too.

[@filmbuffo5616]

Varus didn't give me enough free bread wine or circuses so no vote for him.

[@Serendip98]

It was a cinema, nothing special.

[@LevanTurashvili-dr7mt]

🔄🔃

[@ezzovonachalm9815]

Spero che archeologi pubblico e il governo mettino quegli enormi affreschi sotto tetto prima che una banale pioggia li slavi completamente ! Essendo quello che sono le organizzazioni che devono proteggere il patrimonio architectonico italiano muovino il deretano prima che tutte queste preziosissime nuove scoperte siano distrutte per sempre.

[@Kirritoo]

There is NOTHING mysterious about it. Try watching the documentaries made before putting up this click bait twaddle!!

[@Mars-sp2gx]

"Discovieries of Mysterious 'Black' Room". "WE W UZ KANGGZ"