On a Pallid Bust of Pallas

I've toyed with the notion of posting some of my pictures from Pompeii, but not a brick or cobblestone of that place has escaped photographing by ten million tourists already. When visiting Herculaneum though I was amused by one of the greeters in the visitor center.

 

On our way out a couple of hours later, the situation had changed.

 

Don't you have an Egyptian granary to guard or something?

Ah yes, even amidst enduring, stately antiquity, change would be good... but that's about all the change you get.