{"id":273,"date":"2014-03-24T16:32:38","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T00:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/?p=273"},"modified":"2014-03-24T16:32:38","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T00:32:38","slug":"never-mind-the-dog-beware-the-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/never-mind-the-dog-beware-the-volcano\/","title":{"rendered":"Never Mind The Dog&#8230;Beware The Volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"TweetButton_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  data-url=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/never-mind-the-dog-beware-the-volcano\/\" data-text=\"Never Mind The Dog&#038;%238230;Beware The Volcano\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/div>\n<p>Most likely you know of Pompeii &#8211; the city buried by Mount Vesuvius&#8217; eruption in 79 A.D. \u00a0It lay buried under volcanic ash for some 1500 years when it (and other sites in the vicinity) were rediscovered by construction in the late 16th Century. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pompeii\" target=\"_blank\">Here is a wikipedia link if you would like to learn more<\/a>. \u00a0The excavations have continued since the 16th Century but began in earnest in the mid 19th Century. \u00a0They continue to this day. \u00a0What I learned of today and found interesting is this:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_274\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/?attachment_id=274\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-274\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-274\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-274\" alt=\"&quot;Cave Canem&quot;: Beware of Dog\" src=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/beware_of_dog-cave-canem-300x196.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/beware_of_dog-cave-canem-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/beware_of_dog-cave-canem-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/beware_of_dog-cave-canem.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Cave Canem&#8221;: Beware of Dog<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This was the decoration on the floor in the vestibule or entry to a house. \u00a0It seems they may have had burlgars in those days, too. \u00a0This was discovered at a site known as <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/House_of_the_Tragic_Poet\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The House of the Tragic Poet&#8221;<\/a>, a tragic poet being a poet who writes tragic poetry or poetry in the vein of tragedy.<br \/>\nThe actual name of the house&#8217;s owner is unknown. \u00a0Should my home be excavated 1500 or so years from now they will more likely find something like this:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_275\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/?attachment_id=275\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-275\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-275\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-275\" alt=\"The cat's not trustworthy, either\" src=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/beware-of-dog-300x300.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/beware-of-dog-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/beware-of-dog-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/beware-of-dog-270x270.jpeg 270w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/beware-of-dog.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cat&#8217;s not trustworthy, either<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Canis Numquam Animum Curam Monte!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Most likely you know of Pompeii &#8211; 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