Adnkronos - Cultura: Incenso dall'Africa e dall'Asia, svelati i segreti dei sacrifici a Pompei

(Adnkronos) - Piante locali ma anche sostanze aromatiche importate dall’Africa o dall’Asia sui bruciaprofumi degli altari domestici di Pompei. È quanto emerge dalle indagini scientifiche di un team di esperti internazionali che ha analizzato cosa venisse bruciato nei bracieri rituali romani rinvenuti a Pompei. Segno di quanto Pompei facesse parte di una rete commerciale globale. I riultati sono pubblicati sulla rivista "Antiquity. A Review of World Archaeology" in un articolo dal titolo "Ashes from Pompeii: incense burners, residue analyses and domestic cult practices" (Ceneri da Pompei: bruciatori di incenso, analisi dei residui e pratiche religiose domestiche).

Incense from Africa and Asia, the secrets of the sacrifices in Pompeii have been revealed.

(Adnkronos) - Local plants but also aromatic substances imported from Africa or Asia were burned on the censers of the domestic altars of Pompeii. This is what emerges from the scientific investigations of an international team of experts who analyzed what was burned in the ritual braziers found in Pompeii. Evidence of how much Pompeii was part of a global trade network. The results are published in the journal “Antiquity. A Review of World Archaeology” in an article titled “Ashes from Pompeii: incense burners, residue analyses and domestic cult practices.”

#Africa #Pompeii #Ashes

https://www.adnkronos.com/cultura/incenso-dallafrica-e-dallasia-svelati-i-segreti-dei-sacrifici-a-pompei_6xtE88YTGgwj6HXwsWgrK7

Pompeii's battle scars linked to an ancient 'machine gun'

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-pompeii-scars-linked-ancient-machine.html

#HackerNews #Pompeii #Battle #Scars #Ancient #History #Archaeology #MachineGun

Humans are a fascinating species. 

#Archeology #History #Polybolos #Pompeii #AncientRome

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/03/22/ancient-machine-gun-was-used-by-romans-to-attack-pompeii

Volcanic vineyards: Pompeii revives long-lost wine making traditions.

Heritage is at the heart of a wine making project in Pompeii that is aiming to re-establish the southern Italian volcanic region’s age-old reputation for producing quality grapes from within the walls of its archaeological site.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260322-volcanic-vineyards-pompeii-revives-long-lost-wine-making-traditions?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Naples #Wine #Pompeii #Vineyard

From the old to the new: Pompeii project revives ancient wine making tradition

Published on 22/03/2026 – 7:45 GMT+1 Dozens of grape vines have been planted amidst the ruins of Pompeii in a project to produce thousands of bottles of wine from grapes grown inside the archaeological site. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Pompeii was buried in roughly six …
#wine #Wine #naples #pompeii
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2565646/from-the-old-to-the-new-pompeii-project-revives-ancient-wine-making-tradition/

From the old to the new: Pompeii project revives ancient wine making tradition

Published on 22/03/2026 – 7:45 GMT+1 Dozens of grape vines have been planted amidst the ruins of Pompeii in a project to produce thousands of bottles of wine from grapes grown inside the archaeological site. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Pompeii was…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Wine #naples #pompeii
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2565646/from-the-old-to-the-new-pompeii-project-revives-ancient-wine-making-tradition/

Primo piano ANSA - ANSA.it: Nelle mura di Pompei i segni lasciati da un'antenata della mitragliatrice

Lasciati in una battaglia avvenuta un secolo prima dell'eruzione

In the walls of Pompeii, the marks left by an ancestor of the machine gunner.

Leave yourself in a battle that took place a century before the eruption.

#Pompeii

https://www.ansa.it/canale_scienza/notizie/ragazzi/news/2026/03/21/nelle-mura-di-pompei-i-segni-lasciati-da-unantenata-della-mitragliatrice_4e93be6e-4341-4d17-ad8c-f2cf53d16f93.html