24. Pompeii. Villa dei Misteri or Villa of Mysteries.

Rooms with mosaic pavement (46- 47) and baths suite apodyterium or changing room (42)

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Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2017. Doorway to room 47, looking south.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Doorway to room 47, looking south.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Mosaic floor of room 47, from doorway.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2021.

Room 47, looking towards north wall with doorway, and east wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. November 2017. Room 47, looking east through window across flooring.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2006. Room 47, east wall.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Room 47, east wall.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Room 47, south wall.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Room 47, west wall with window onto portico P6.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2021.

Room 47, doorway to room 62, atrium, in north wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2017.

Room 47, looking north through doorway in north wall in atrium 62.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Doorway to room 46.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. October 2023. Room 46, looking south across flooring. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Room 46, looking south.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2006. Room 46, looking north.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2017. Looking north-east across room 62

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2017.

Looking towards east side of room 62, with doorways to corridor to kitchen, and rooms 42 and 43.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. April 2014. 

Looking towards east side of room 62, with doorways to corridor to kitchen, and rooms 42 and 43. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. c.2015-2017.

Looking towards east side of room 62, with doorways to rooms 42 and 43.

Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2017.

Looking south-east across room 62 towards doorway to room 46.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. October 2023. Looking south across impluvium in room 62. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2015. Looking east across impluvium in room 62. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. October 2023. Looking towards south-west corner of impluvium, with gutter. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. October 2023.

Looking towards north-east corner of impluvium, with gutter. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2015. Looking east towards north-east corner of gutter in room 62. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2021. Room 62, flooring. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2015. Room 62, flooring. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. East side of room 62, with doorways to corridor to kitchen, and rooms 42 and 43.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2015.

Room 42, doorway to the apodyterium or changing room. Looking east. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2017. Looking towards north wall of room 42.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Room 42, north wall.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2021.

Room 42, looking north-east in the apodyterium or changing room. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2021.

Room 42, looking towards north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2021.

Room 42, detail from north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. November 2017. Room 42, apodyterium or changing room.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. October 2023. Room 42, east wall. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2017. Room 42, east wall of apodyterium or changing room.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2021.

Room 42, detail of painted decoration from upper north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Room 42, east wall.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Room 42, vaulted ceiling of east wall.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Room 42, the apodyterium or changing room. Looking south-east.

According to NdS, this room originally numbered 6, had a white mosaic floor and a vaulted ceiling.

The walls were decorated in the II style, but it was badly preserved.

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1910, p.141.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Room 42, south wall.

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Room 42, white mosaic floor.

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