Pompeii - Finestre sull'Arte

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 told by two 19th-century artists: Bazzani and de Rumine. The exhibitions at the MANN in Naples

Last Sept. 17, the National Archaeological Museum of Naples opened to the public two new exhibitions that are part of the permanent Domus section, dedicated to the culture ofliving in the Vesuvian area. The exhibitions aim to broaden the visitor expe...
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Pompeii Threnody: Cerith Wyn Evans' exhibition at the Antiquarium of Boscoreale

Like a funeral song of ancient origin, evocative and layered, the exhibition Pompeii Threnody by Cerith Wyn Evans (Llanelli, 1958) seeks to open a silent and unintentional dialogue with the memory of Pompeii, with the idea of a reflection on time, tr...
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Pompeii, a wall collapses in the Insula Meridionalis during the Phlegraean Fields earthquake swarm

During the earthquake swarm that affected the Phlegraean Fields area this morning, with tremors also felt distinctly in Naples and the Phlegraean hinterland and a maximum magnitude of 3.2, a partial collapse occurred inside thearchaeological area of ...
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Musk Foundation funds research on ancient Rome: what Musk wants to do with his $3 million

The Musk Foundation recently allocated three million dollars to enhance research and preservation of the cultural heritage of ancient Rome. The announcement was made in recent days by Andrea Stroppa, an Italian associate of Elon Musk, who made the fu...
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Pompeii, uncovered a large private bath complex attached to a banquet hall

In the Pompeii Archaeological Park, a large private bath complex, attached to a banquet hall, has emerged in the excavation site currently underway in insula 10 of Regio IX. This is one of the largest and most complex private bath sectors so far disc...
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Pompeii, new frescoes discovered and some rooms reopened

Discoveries that enrich Pompeii's archaeological heritage continue. Ongoing excavations in Pompeii's Regio IX have brought to light, in an oecus (hall) that is emerging with the very latest investigations, very interesting frescoes: in the colonnaded...
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Pompeii, new discovery disproves decades of assumptions about relationships between inhabitants

New discoveries from Pompeii could change our knowledge about the great archaeological site. A recent study by researchers from theUniversity of Florence, Harvard University and the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig used ancient DNA analysis to revise ...
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