Ancient Graffiti Project :: Featured Graffiti

Featured Graffiti

Explore some of the most fascinating graffiti from Pompeii and Herculaneum.

What did ancient Romans like to draw on walls? It can't have been easy to scratch onto a vertical surface and into the plaster on a wall.
Read ancient shopping lists and receipts, and discover how much it cost to drink the best wine.
The ancients had fun with words by writing their names in creative ways, inventing word puzzles, and adding pictures to enhance their words.
See how the ancients wrote about this favorite pastime from advertisements and drawings to boasts about which gladiator was the handsomest.
Here are some highlights from Herculaneum
Learn how the ancients greeted their love and called upon the goddess Venus for good luck with their relationships.
Discover different types of trade occupations in the ancient world, who held these jobs, and how they sometimes greeted one another.
Find out which poets the ancients frequently quoted and the ups and downs of their feelings for the goddess Venus.
Here are some highlights from Pompeii