Allen Hunt's Blog

I know, I know. You hate this stuff.

I hated looking at other people's vacation slides when I was a kid. But I can't help myself. So I have been posting a new video each week this month from our trip to Italy to look at early Christian and ancient Roman sites.

While we were in Pompeii, on vacation, we also got some footage of what would have been a multi-million dollar home in the first century. On the outskirts of town, on a cliff, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, and poshly decorated and artistically furnished.

Sadly, it and its residents got covered with 10' of volcanic ash when Mt. Vesuvius blew its top.

But the home was preserved under the ash.

In it were exquisite mosaics (on display now in the Naples Museum).

And beautiful painted walls and frescoes. Again, Pompeii gives us a snapshot of life in the first century Roman Empire. The time when Jesus lived.

Here is our footage with my short explanation of the Villa of the Mysteries.