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Archaeologists have discovered two male bodies in the Suburban villa of Civita Giuliana, approximately 700 meters Northwest ...
In “The Buried City,” a meditation on both the ruins of Pompeii and his life as a pioneering archaeologist, Mr. Zuchtriegel ...
A loaf of bread, divided into eight slices, lies preserved in Pompeii, where it was found inside an earthen oven. Wheat bread ...
Their decaying bodies then left hauntingly shaped voids in the hardened ash layer. 0:47 In the late 19th century, archaeologists developed a method of injecting plaster into these voids to capture ...
A LEGACY OF DISASTERS. Pompeii has been a byword for catastrophe since 79 A.D., when nearby Mount Vesuvius erupted, killing most of the city’s inhabitants. After serious excavations began ...
Thousands of newly discovered fragments, which once adorned a high-status Roman building, offer an unprecedented glimpse into ...
Leading 1986's Tinderbox, Siouxsie and the Banshees' 'Cities of Dust' reaches into history to explore the terror of Mother ...
In February of 2021, German-born archaeologist Gabriel Zuchtriegel was named as the Pompeii Archaeological Park’s new director. His tenure has seen notable shifts, particularly in terms of the ...
Glass from Pompeii is displayed in the Triclinium, or dining room, as the St. Louis Science Center prepares for an exhibit on daily lives in Pompeii and the explosion of Mt. Vesuvius on Friday ...
Pompeii alone is believed to have been inhabited by about 20,000 people. Most escaped. But archaeologists estimate that about 2000 lingered too long , or decided to ride the disaster out.
In 79 CE, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 20 feet of ash, preserving amazing details about daily life in the Roman Empire.