Your former glories and all the stories dragged and washed with eager hands

[sovay]

Three different people this afternoon sent me this article about the drowned and dredged intaglios from the fort of Uxelodunum: "Ancient Romans Dropped Their Bling Down the Drain, Too."

Just now, I discovered that Garbage had lent their glitchy wall of sound to a cover of Siouxsie & The Banshees' "Cities in Dust," easily my favorite song about the excavation of Pompeii.

They pair nicely.

Comments

[asakiyume]

NICE version of "Cities in Dust"

Both versions I have, I have thanks to you! And now I can add a third.

(paywall prevents my seeing the NYT article, but before the wall came up I saw some of the trinkets and treasures that went down Roman drains--I agree; that article pairs nicely with the song.)

[sovay]

Both versions I have, I have thanks to you! And now I can add a third.

Yay!

(paywall prevents my seeing the NYT article, but before the wall came up I saw some of the trinkets and treasures that went down Roman drains--I agree; that article pairs nicely with the song.)

Boo, paywall! I didn't think it would be an issue: I'm not signed in to the New York Times.

[selkie]

The Guardian has nice images, no paywall. Search “Roman treasures drain.”

[asakiyume]

Thank you! A female highwayman saw to it that I was able to read the original, but I'm glad to know there's a non-paywalled article out there too!

[minoanmiss]

Thank you double!