2018年12月12日 · A small, but richly decorated house in Herculaneum, features a mosaic depicting the sea-god Neptune and his wife.

2020年2月14日 · The 600-square-metre (6,400-square-feet) property is perhaps the most beautiful noble house so far excavated in Herculaneum, with stunning mosaics and priceless wall paintings with mythological scenes.

Herculaneum[a] is an ancient Roman town located in the modern-day comune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy. Herculaneum was buried under a massive pyroclastic flow in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

2020年1月28日 · Marine mosaic floor decorating the apodyterium (changing room) of the women's baths in Herculaneum. The Central Baths at Herculaneum were built around the beginning of the 1st century CE and were divided...

Catch the most iconic ones like the mosaic of Neptune and Amphitrite in the House of Neptune, the black-and-white mosaic in the women’s baths, the frescoes in the House of the Bicentenary and the numerous other frescoes relocated from Herculaneum to the National Archeological Museum of Naples.

2025年2月18日 · Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 CE preserved an incredible number of mosaics at Pompeii and Herculaneum. In the former, the House of the Tragic Poet has an excellent cave canem (“Beware of dog”), a popular design for thresholds.

2017年1月17日 · Most rich and well respected Romans decorated their villas with magnificent mosaics. But intricately decorated works of art were also accessible to the public in such places as plazas, temples and baths. In the women’s central baths in Herculaneum is a wonderful mosaic featuring Triton, the son of Neptune.

One notable mosaic depicts Neptune (Poseidon) and Amphitrite, the two Gods of the sea that residents of Herculaneum worshiped. The painting itself is a mosaic on a wall of a home, rendering the Gods as masters of the sea.

Despite not being as large as residences like the Villa of the Papyri, the Samnite House or the House of the Deer, the House of Neptune remains one of the most visited attractions within Herculaneum. This is largely because of its expertly preserved frescoes …

The mosaic pavement of the fauces and atrium are intact; the one in the entrance corridor is in squares with decorative emblems and recalls the motifs of a carpet. The floor in the atrium has a simple geometric design with large black and white rectangles.