Archaeological Park of Pompeii - Finestre sull'Arte

A team of archaeologists from Pompeii is restoring a Saudi Arabian city abandoned in the 1980s

Pompeii Archaeological Park is engaged in the restoration of a Saudi Arabian city abandoned in the 1980s. The intervention is part of the cooperation agreement between Pompeii and the Royal Commission for AlUla. In fact, a team of archaeologists, re...
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Pompeii, new findings on slave feeding in the villa of Civita Giuliana

Enslaved people in some cases seem to have receivedbetter nutrition than free individuals. This hypothesis, suggested by written sources, is now finding new confirmation in the excavations of the villa of Civita Giuliana near Pompeii, financed with ...
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Pompeii, glazed vase with Egyptian-style hunting scenes found in Thermopolium

In the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, a situla (vase) made of glass paste decorated with hunting scenes in Egyptian style, made in Alexandria, Egypt, was found in the center of the kitchen of the Thermopolium of Regio V, that is, in a kind of "hot t...
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Pompeii, training internships for student restorers. Convention with Botticino School of Restoration activated.

Activated the agreement for training internships between Archaeological Park of Pompeii, ALES S.P.A. and Valore Italia - Botticino School of Restoration. Field training and direct experience for student restorers: this is the goal of the signed agree...
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Pompeii opens a restaurant in the excavations: can food enhance historical heritage?

Inside the archaeological excavations of Pompeii, the Pompeii Chora Restaurant, a restaurant that has been operating for some time in the Casina dell'Aquila, a 19th-century building located in the center of the archaeological area, was inaugurated. T...
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Pompeii, waiting bench discovered in front of the famous Villa of Mysteries

Recent archaeological investigations in Pompeii have uncovered a find that presents new insights into social and daily life in the ancient Vesuvian city. In the northwestern area of the Villa of the Mysteries, one of the site's best-known residential...
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Pompeii, Scottish tourist hides six stones in backpack. Charged with grand theft

A 51-year-old Scottish tourist was charged with grand theft after being caught with six stones illegally taken from Pompeii Archaeological Park and hidden in his backpack. The seizure was possible thanks to an effective synergy between a tour guide v...
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Roman-era mosaic returned to Pompeii. A Wehrmacht captain donated it to German citizen

The Comando Carabinieri Tutela del Patrimonio Culturale (Carabinieri Cultural Heritage Protection Command ) has returned to Pompeii Archaeological Park a Roman-era mosaic on a travertine slab, datable between the middle of the last century B.C. and t...
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