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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.
It comes from block No. 10 of Pompeii’s ninth section, a never-before excavated area of the town destroyed in the eruption of the Vesuvius volcano in 79 A.D. ... The excavation is part of a much ...
It comes from block No. 10 of Pompeii’s ninth section, a never-before-excavated area of the town destroyed in the eruption of the Vesuvius volcano in 79 A.D. ... The excavation revealed this ...
Amedeo Maiuri, director of Pompeii and Herculaneum from 1924 to 1961, was intent on re-creating the "atmosphere" of the two towns as they were before the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Though some directors before him had taken limited steps towards this, Maiuri was motivated to reconstruct much of the two towns' infrastructure.
Fascinating artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city doomed and buried by Mount Vesuvius’s deadly eruption in AD79.. The most impressive discovery is ...
The earliest known excavation was in 1755 [11] under the direction of R.J de Alcubierre and his assistant Karl Jakob Weber [4] and was essentially treasure hunting, focussed on recovering valuable objects and paintings for the collection of the Bourbon royal family at the Royal Palace of Portici. The first skeleton of Pompeii was found here in ...
In 79 AD, Italy’s Mount Vesuvius exploded, raining ash and volcanic debris down on the city of Pompeii and its tens of thousands of residents. In mere minutes, the giant cloud of ash and gases ...
Pompeii has a long history of excavation and restoration that began without a strong foundation or strategy. [3] After centuries of cronyism, recurring financial shortages, and on-again-off-again restoration, the city's frescoes and structures were left in poor condition. [3] In 1997, Pompeii was added to the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites ...