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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.
Archaeologists in Pompeii unearthed a rare tiny home while excavating the site of the ancient Italian city, officials said. The home was buried beneath the ash and debris that wiped out Pompeii ...
The House of Loreius Tiburtinus (Octavius Quartio) was discovered and excavated between the years 1916 and 1921 by Vittorio Spinazzola, Pompeii superintendent between 1911-1923. Further archaeological campaigns were conducted in 1933 and 1935 under the supervision of Amedeo Maiuri. The last excavation in 1971 was supervised by Alfonso De Francisci.
POMPEII, Italy — Buried and unseen for nearly 2,000 years, a sacred room has been unearthed at Pompeii with painted blue walls, a rare and expensive color in the Roman city.. Describing it as a ...
The Garden of the Fugitives (Italian: Orto dei Fuggiaschi) [1] is an archaeological site located in the ancient destroyed city of Pompeii, in Regio 1 Insula 21. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It contains the casts of 13 victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
The bodies of a man and a woman have been unearthed in Pompeii, along with a cache of coins and precious jewelry, archaeologists say.
House of the Orchard (Italian: Casa dei Cubicoli Floreali; also referred to as the Casa del Frutteto or the House of the Garden) is an ancient Roman residential structure located in the archaeological site of Pompeii. Situated on the south side of Via dell'Abbondanza, this house is notable for rich and decorative features.
An archaeologist works on the recently discovered remains of a victim in the archaeological site of the ancient city of Pompeii, which was destroyed in AD 79 by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, in ...