{"id":72206,"date":"2025-08-14T01:02:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T05:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/?p=72206"},"modified":"2025-08-03T14:28:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T18:28:46","slug":"the-women-of-pompeii-part-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2025\/08\/14\/the-women-of-pompeii-part-eight\/","title":{"rendered":"The Women of Pompeii- Part Eight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

We have not discussed women and their gardens, but various of these villas had both flower and fruit gardens.\u00a0 The\u00a0 semi-tropical\u00a0 climate\u00a0 allowed\u00a0 the\u00a0 residents\u00a0 to have\u00a0 fruit\u00a0 trees,\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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This peristyle garden in Pompeii may well have had both flowers and fruit but today it is just a flower garden. One of the more surprising finds is the watering systems. Not only have pipes and sprinkler systems been found in these gardens, but the use of gravity, by having large tubs above the garden so gravity could create a drip system.\u00a0 \u00a0The ancients were not necessarily lacking in engineering skills.<\/p>\n

And as for their artistic skills in painting, sculpture and other arts, there can be no doubt.<\/p>\n

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Consider the lion devouring it\u2019s prey above, or the ceiling of this villa\u2026.<\/p>\n

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Or this engraved silver serving bowl.<\/p>\n

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Or what kind of cookware could survive an inferno in a house and not melt or fall apart?<\/p>\n

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That one in the middle looks like a well made copper pot to me.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We have not discussed women and their gardens, but various of these villas had both flower and fruit gardens.\u00a0 The\u00a0 semi-tropical\u00a0 climate\u00a0 allowed\u00a0 the\u00a0 residents\u00a0 to have\u00a0 fruit\u00a0 trees, This peristyle garden in Pompeii may well have had both flowers and fruit but today it is just a flower garden. 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