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Naples is a crazy, packed city that feels like it grew together without regulation for hundreds of years. |
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I was never worried about crime in Naples; I was only worried about getting hit by a car. |
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Naples is famous for its pizza; we ate at Starita, which was good enough for John Paul II. |
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"Carpe Diem" |
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Every block in Naples has a local shrine. |
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The Naples Archeology Museum is one of the best in the world. Here is our friend Balbus, the patron of Herculaneum. |
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The Farnese Bull, a reconstructed statue, and one of the Roman masterpieces. It was discovered in the Baths of Caracalla in Rome. |
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The Farnese collection of Roman jewelry was also impressive. |
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No those aren't breasts on Artemis, those are bull testicles. |
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Yikes |
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The museum is home to the Secret Room full of Roman erotica. I won't post it here, but there are plenty of suggestive Satyr statues in the kosher part of the museum. |
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Eagle and Phrygian: Best of Buds |
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Everyone likes a good rooster mosaic |
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Memento Mori |
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Foods of Pompeii |
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Derpy Hippo |
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The Horror |
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Quite the tiger? |
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The original Alexander mosaic |
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An Indian statue that made its way to Pompeii |
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When you compare Roman art with Medieval art, its hard not to view the later period as a Dark Age |
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Romans love pygmies... a little too much... |
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Watch out! |
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A fresco of a riot in Pompeii's Coliseum |
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Vivid Roman ships |
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Roman shrines in nature almost feel East Asian |
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The museum also featured mummy souvenirs Europeans took home with them from Egypt in the 1800s. |
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Roman graffiti: A blonde woman taught me to hate black-haired women. I will hate them if I can; if not, I will love them, even against my will." |
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Roman political graffiti |
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Naples at night |
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The churches in Naples have melded into the city. |
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An interesting effect outside one of the churches. |
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The ancient churches of Naples stand surrounded by unimpeded development. |
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