Italia Paestum 2 Museum storeroom

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PAESTUM
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Museum storeroom
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With its three magnificent large Doric temples,
Paestum became a well-known site thanks to the
18th century engravings by Piranesi and Goethes
impressive descriptions in his Italian Journey
Founded by Ancient Greeks, the site hosts three
amazing ancient Greek temples
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However Paestum is also renowned for its tombs
decorated with painted scenes. During
excavations in the 1960s, around 200 richly
painted tombs from the Lucanian period (4th
century B.C.) were disco-vered in a small
necro-polis about a kilometre north immediately
outside the city walls. The tombs were painted on
the inside with scenes depicting funerals and the
passage of the dead into the underworld. They
were executed on site right after the four slabs
had been put in place in the pit.
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These paintings were executed using a technique
resembling fresco. A thin layer of plaster was
applied to a smoothed travertine slab. This style
of tomb decoration blossomed under the Lucanians,
a native people from mainland Italy who took over
the city around 400 B.C. The scenes depict
funerary games and rituals the deceased on
his/her deathbed, chariot racing, hunting scenes
and duals between men
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The museum houses many tomb paintings from the
area
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At 10am, noon, and 2pm on Fridays from March to
August, the museum offers guided tours (in
Italian and English) of its storeroom, which
contains about 400 painted panels from the 4th
and 3rd centuries BC
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A horse carrying a small dog
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Scenes evoking military and sporting prowess seem
to be particularly popular for the tombs of men,
while for female burials there are depictions of
cortèges of mourners attending to the deceased,
drawn in a distinctive style with careful touches
of pink to enhance features like grief-stricken
cheeks and muscular torsos
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Pomegranates abound here
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all manner of creatures adorn the frescoed panels
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The Greeks buried their dead outside the city
walls in necropolises (literally, cities of the
dead). The tombs and grave goods reflected the
social status of the deceaseds family, as well
as the expectations and values of the community.
In later burials, when Poseidonia was dominated
by peoples from inland mountainous regions (the
Lucanians), there was an emphasis on the military
role of deceased males who were buried with
weapons and often with armour (helmet, shield and
greaves). The nature of the burials of armed
warriors led to the notion of the return of the
warrior, associated with portrayals of chariot
races, boxing and duels which refer to the
funeral games held in honour of the deceased
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Text Internet Pictures Presentation Sanda
Foisoreanu All  copyrights  belong to their
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2018
Sound Petros Tabouris Askaulos Cane
flute (KALAMOS) ancient Greek music