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Pompeii: The Last Day is a 2003 dramatized documentary that tells of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius towards the end of August 79 CE. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This eruption covered the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash and pumice, killing a large number of people trapped between the volcano and the sea.
A ceremony worshipping the sarcophagus of Osiris, depicted in a fresco in the Temple of Isis at Pompeii from the first century CE. The death of Osiris was a prominent motif in the cult of Isis. The sarcophagus's appearance here may refer to the emphasis on Osiris and the afterlife found in the mysteries dedicated to Isis. [1]
It was the second English-language adaptation of the book for film or television (previously adapted mainly in Italian; the 1935 RKO film was unrelated to the novel and the 1900 adaptation by Walter R. Booth, while the first cinematic adaptation in English was a short film). On June 5, 2012, Sony released the mini-series on DVD. [1]
The Places of Roman Isis. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. Meyers, C. (2016). "The Cult of Isis and Other Mystery Religions in Pompeii and the Roman World." Nappo, Salvatore. "Pompeii: Guide to the Lost City", White Star, 2000, ISBN 88-8095-530-6; Plutarch. "Isis and Osiris" from the Moralia, Book V. Available on penelope.uchicago.edu
"Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults" (Max) In 1997, 39 members of Heaven’s Gate , a celibate religious sect, died in a mass ritual suicide timed to the approach of the Hale-Bopp Comet.
Greeks regarded Egyptian religion as exotic and sometimes bizarre, yet full of ancient wisdom. [134] Like other cults from the eastern regions of the Mediterranean, the cult of Isis attracted Greeks and Romans by playing upon its exotic origins, [135] but the form it took after reaching Greece was heavily Hellenized. [136]
The cult was probably introduced in Rome during the 2nd century BC, as attested by two inscriptions discovered on the Capitoline Hill mentioning priests of Isis Capitolina. [4] Cassius Dio reports that in 53 BC the Senate ordered the destruction of all private shrines inside the pomerium dedicated to Egyptian gods; [ 5 ] however, a new temple ...
Pompeii and the 79 AD eruption (2004), a 120-minute Tokyo Broadcasting System. Pompeii Live (June 28, 2006), a Channel 5 production featuring a live archaeological dig at Pompeii and Herculaneum [12] [13] Pompeii: The Mystery of the People Frozen in Time (2013), a BBC One drama documentary presented by Dr. Margaret Mountford. [14]