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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
Roman statue of Isis, second century CE. Greco-Roman mysteries were voluntary, secret initiation rituals. [2] They were dedicated to a particular deity or group of deities, and used a variety of intense experiences, such as nocturnal darkness interrupted by bright light, or loud music or noise, that induced a state of disorientation and an intense religious experience.
[228] [229] Unlike Egyptian cult images, Isis's Hellenistic and Roman statues were life-size or larger. The daily ritual still entailed dressing the statue in elaborate clothes each morning and offering it libations, but in contrast with Egyptian tradition, the priests allowed ordinary devotees of Isis to see the cult statue during the morning ...
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The bodies of a man and a woman have been unearthed in Pompeii, ... Pompeii was home to around 20,000 people when it was buried under ash and volcanic glass during the 79 AD eruption of Mount ...
An archaeologist works on the recently discovered remains of a victim in the archaeological site of the ancient city of Pompeii, which was destroyed in AD 79 by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, in ...
The Temple of Isis in Pompeii, which can also be traced back to the second century BCE, marks the rise of her cult. [31] The cult became popular among slaves, freedmen, women and later the nobility with followers believing that Isis could grant eternal life as she resurrected her slain husband from the dead.
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