Pompei Roman Ruins VR Archeology House Of The Golden Cupids

Via della Fortuna, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy

Paintings of Anubis, god of the dead, with a jackal's head, Harpocrates, child god son of Isis, Isis and Serapis and healing gods alongside objects of the cult of Isis, whose owner was perhaps a priest.

Date of excavation: 1903-1905

Link Location Gps 40.7523332

Gps Coordinates / 40.7523332,14.4853291

The garden was decorated with reliefs and marble sculptures, some of which are originally Greek. The name of the house is attributed to the Cupids engraved on two gold medallions that decorate a cubicle of the portico.

Graffiti and a seal ring indicate the owner as Gnaeus Poppaeus Habitus, a relative of Poppea Sabina, Nero's second wife.

Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7522288 / Gps Link 40.7522166 / Gps Link 40.7521591

Gps Coordinates / 40.7522288,14.4850043 / 40.7522166,14.4849737 / 40.7521591,14.4849167

Dating from the end of the reign of Augustus Caesar, the third style is defined by delicate, colourful frescoes, influenced by Egyptian art.

The building gained its name from two glass discs, found in a cubiculum, with cherubs etched onto them.

Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7521867 / Gps Link 40.7523964 / Gps Link 40.7525951

Gps Coordinates / 40.7521867,14.4852467 / 40.7523964,14.485254 / 40.7525951,14.4850309

Whilst many of the artworks have faded, there are a number of surviving artworks depicting mythical scenes. In the atrium, the only surviving panel is a fresco of Helen and Paris meeting at Sparta.

The House of the Golden Cupids was first excavated between 1903 and 1905

Link Location Gps 40.7524688

Gps Coordinates / 40.7524688,14.4851731

The house, one of the most elegant of the Imperial era, is set around the spectacular peristylium with a rare rhodium type of garden, with higher columns on one side surmounted by a fronton, which conveyed a sacred aura to the overlooking rooms.

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