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Pompeii (/ p ɒ m ˈ p eɪ (i)/ ⓘ pom-PAY(-ee), Latin: [pɔmˈpei̯.iː]) was a city in what is now the municipality of Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy.Along with Herculaneum, Stabiae, and many surrounding villas, the city was buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
On December 22, 1875, four bone dice with rounded corners were found in a room near the peristyle. When excavations resumed on January 10, 1876, a bronze wind musical instrument with nine pipes of different sizes called a Fistula was found in exedra (o). The instrument was decorated with three small temples in high relief and two Egyptian ...
The House of the Faun, along with the House of Pansa and the House of the Silver Wedding represent the higher class of the Roman houses of the Republic. [3] More than 190 years after its excavation, the craftsmanship and quality of materials have been found to be exceptional, even amongst the other noble houses in Pompeii. [3]
Pompei (Italian:; Neapolitan: Pumpeje [pumˈbɛːjə]), in English also Pompeii (/ p ɒ m ˈ p eɪ (i)/ pom-PAY(-ee), as in the name of the ancient city) is a city and commune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy, home of the ancient Roman ruins of Pompeii that are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
More than 100 casts have been made to date. Now, scientists have used ancient DNA collected from the casts that have been made to better understand the Pompeii residents and their origins. What ...
The excavation is part of a much larger project to help protect and preserve the excavated and unexcavated areas of Pompeii, which already include more than 13,000 rooms in 1,070 houses and ...
R. Etienne, Pompeii. The Day a City Died (London 1986; 3rd ed. 1994) R. Laurence, Roman Pompeii: Space and Society (London, 1994) A. Wallace-Hadrill, Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum (Princeton, 1994) Beth Severy-Hoven, 'Master Narratives and the Wall Painting of the House of the Vettii, Pompeii', Gender and History 2012, vol. 24 ...
The archaeologists also found ritual offerings that were left behind when the 79 A.D. eruption took the lives of at least 2,000 people in and around Pompeii.