Archaeological Park of Pompeii - Finestre sull'Arte

Pompeii, new discovery disproves decades of assumptions about relationships between inhabitants

New discoveries from Pompeii could change our knowledge about the great archaeological site. A recent study by researchers from theUniversity of Florence, Harvard University and the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig used ancient DNA analysis to revise ...
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Pompeii, House of Phaedra discovered, a rare domus without an atrium. Which also has an erotic fresco

In Pompeii, a new ongoing archaeological excavation in the area of theinsula of the Casti Amanti has unearthed a rare housing typology that testifies to social and cultural change in first-century AD Rome. The house, which takes the provisional name ...
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Aspen, Allison Katz's contemporary painting in dialogue with fragments of Pompeii frescoes

From May 30 to Sept. 29, 2024, In the House of the Trembling Eye, a large group exhibition by London-based artist Allison Katz will be on view in the entire AspenArt Museum in Aspen, organized in collaboration with the Archaeological Park of Pompeii....
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A bakery emerges in Pompeii, bearing witness to the backbreaking labor of slaves and animals

In Regio IX, insula 10, of the Pompeii Archaeological Park, where excavations are underway as part of a larger project to secure and maintain the frontages bordering the as yet uninvestigated area of the ancient city, a emerged a room with no exterio...
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Pompeii recommends cool itineraries in the archaeological park. And opens the garden of the Palestra Grande

As a result of the strong heat wave that has been sweeping Campania in recent days, with temperatures even touching 40 degrees, the Archaeological Park of Pompeii recommends anti-hot weather itineraries. In addition to urging the utmost caution and a...
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Pompeii, reopens the House of the Silver Wedding

Reopening at Pompeii Archaeological Park is the Silver Wedding House, among the most solemn and majestic examples of what the dwelling of a member of Pompeii's aristocracy must have looked like. The dwelling is characterized by impressive architectur...
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New edugame about Pompeii coming soon. You win by escaping the 79 AD eruption.

A new edugame reconstructs, in a scientific and historical manner, the destruction of Pompeii following theeruption of Mount Vesuvius. Goal: escape the volcano's eruption in 79 A.D. to safety, leaving the city near total destruction. Vesuvius 79 AD.-...
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Mosaic floor of an older house emerges at Stabian baths

Investigations to study the earlier building phases of the large Stabian Baths complex, located on Pompeii's central street, namely Via dell'Abbondanza, have unearthed the mosaic floor of the hall of anolder dwelling, which was obliterated to make wa...
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