Pompeii has incredibly well-preserved villas.
This includes the House of the Faun, one of the largest private residences ever discovered in the Roman world.
It measures 3,000 square meters and occupied an entire city block.
The house featured 2 gardens, 4 dining rooms, an office, servant quarters, a kitchen, bedrooms, private baths, and more.
Its name comes from a statue found in the atrium - half-human, half-goat.
The villa is renowned for its stunning floor mosaics.
In the hallway, a mosaic reads "Have", meaning both "Hello" and "Goodbye"!
This hallway leads into the atrium, one of the most important parts of the house - where the owners would relax and receive guests.
The open roof allowed light to enter, helped ventilate the house and collected drinking water.
At the back of the house, looking onto the garden, was the office, flanked by dining rooms on either side.
These rooms featured floor mosaics depicting partridges, ducks, fish - and even Dionysos riding a panther.
On the opposite side of the atrium was the "conversation room", overlooking the second garden, where music and theater parties would be hosted.
This room features stunning mosaics depicting animals of the Nile.
Very few people would have been to Egypt - showing just how wealthy and sophisticated the owners of the house were.
Inside, covering the entire floor of the room, is a mosaic representing the famous Battle of Issus.
The mosaic commemorates the victory of Alexander the Great over the Persians.
Fun fact : a female skeleton was also discovered in one of the dining rooms, carrying beads and coins - leading to the belief that she might have been the owner.
The House of the Faun also narrowly escaped destruction during the Second World War when the Allies dropped a bomb on it!
