Archaeological Park of Pompeii - Finestre sull'Arte

Pompeii, thanks to new technologies ancient inscriptions resurface in the theater district

A declaration of love by a woman named Erato, a depiction of a gladiator fight, and many other fragments of daily life fixed on a wall in the theater district of Pompeii Archaeological Park. Tales of love, passions, offenses and sports cheering that ...
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Pompeii, frescoes with peacocks and masks surface in the Villa of Poppaea at Oplontis

An excavation and restoration site of the Villa of Poppea is currently underway at Oplontis-Torre Annunziata, which is particularly involving the famous Hall of the Mask and the Peacock, one of the residence's most refined rooms, decorated in II styl...
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Pompeii recovers a valuable fresco that was in the U.S. in a private collection

A fragment of a fresco from the suburban villa of Civita Giuliana, north of Pompeii, has returned to the availability of Pompeii Archaeological Park after being spotted within a private collection in the United States. The work depicts Hercules as a ...
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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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