Herculaneum Tank Tops

An original mosaic from the floor in Herculaneum, Italy.

Discovered in 1760, this is one of the most famous and beloved wall paintings of a high-society Pompeian woman. She is richly dressed with gold-threaded hair and large gold earrings, bringing the stylus to the mouth and holding the wax tablets.

Cool line detail with grainy imperfections. Drawing of Mt. Vesuvius, Italy, drawn in 1756.

A roman dancer from a wall painting of the Villa of Diomedes in Pompeii, Italy

2 Roman women are dancing. One of them holds a tambourine. Inspired by a painting on a wall of the house of Diomedes on the road from Pompeii to Herculaneum

A view of Pompeii from the house of Capitelli. This wealthy family made a fortune selling pornographic terracotta oil lamps. 19th century Watercolor by Pierre Desproges

Design inspired from a 19th century drawing of a winged Victory painted on a wall of the House of Siricus in Pompeii, destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD

Roman fresco of the last Queen of Egypt Cleopatra wearing a regal diadem, her hair adorned with fine pearl-studded hairpins. From a villa in the town of Herculaneum, destroyed in 79 AD by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Pygmies are fighting over a some roman thermopolium hot buffalo wings and Gallic fries, 1st century, Pompeii

Roman mosaic from the house of Neptune and Amphitrite at Herculaneum

Interior view from the house of Ariadne in Pompeii, Italy, 19th century watercolor by Giacinto Gigante

A roman dancer from a 1st century wall painting in of the Villa of Diomedes in Pompeii, Italy

A wall painting from the Villa of Diomedes, an ancient Roman villa located outside the walls of Pompeii on the Via dei Sepolcri to Herculaneum. This drawing was done when the Villa was excavated between 1771 and 1774. The original has been poorly preserved.

A Roman mosaic crowded with symbols related to death and afterlife. From the Tannery house in Pompeii