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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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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A leading contemporary art duo creates a collection of stickers for the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. We are talking about Allora & Calzadilla, who started with a question: what if Pompeii became part of our daily conversations by embracing tod...
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In a post on his socials on August 24, Pompeii Archaeological Park director Gabriel Zuchtriegel recalled theeruption of Vesuvius on August 24, 79 A .D ."On August 24, 79 A.D., the eruption of Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum," Zuchtriegel r...
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The cities buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D., Pompeiii, Herculaneum, Boscoreale, Stabiae and Oplontis, constitute a tragic account of the volcano's devastating impact on the ancient cities of the Vesuvian region. The volcano erupted in an...
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Important discovery in the Archaeological Park of Cupra Marittima: the great Roman temple of Cupra built at the beginning of the first century A.D. presented in its first phase colors and images in the third Pompeian style, with the same colors and d...
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Night walks in Pompeii Archaeological Park are back. Until Aug. 26, every Friday evening (except Friday, Aug. 12) from 8 to 11 p.m. (last entry 10 p.m.) it will be possible to walk in Pompeii Archaeological Park, accompanied by a sound path from Port...
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At Civita Giuliana, in the suburban villa north of Pompeii in which excavations were begun in 2017 and where a four-wheeled ceremonial parade chariot in excellent condition was discovered in February 2021, a room has been discovered that is thought t...
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