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THE HOUSE OF THE VETTII reopens to the public after 20 years: stunning beauty and crude reality in the iconic house of Pompeii

The House of the Vettii, the iconic house of Pompeii, is reopening. It is always included in guides to the UNESCO World Heritage site and books on ancient art as a result of its extraordinary frescoes and the sculptures that adorned the large garden. After a period of closure lasting twenty years with a partial reopening in 2016 – confined to the entrance of the atrium and surrounding areas – visi …Read more

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Max Gazzè at the Amphitheater of Pompeii. Immersive Event Concert with a tribute to Pink Floyd

Friday 21 October, at 8.30 PM, the Amphitheatre of Pompeii will be the venue of a concertevent capable of offering the participants a unique immersive experience, generating suggestive interactions between the musical performance, the design of the set, and the magical atmosphere of the venue by making use of the most advanced digital technologies. Starring in this riveting show will be Max Gazzè, …Read more

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THE DISCOVERY OF FURNISHINGS FROM THE HOUSE OF THE ‘LARARIUM’ IN REGIO V A SNAPSHOT OF MIDDLE CLASS POMPEII

Small furnished rooms have been discovered around a sumptuous lararium with a depiction of an ‘enchanted garden’, previously excavated in 2018 during the course of maintenance operations on the excavation fronts. The household life of Pompeii is brought to light once more: the final moments of life captured in the furnishings shattered by the eruption of AD 79. Plates, vases, amphorae, glass and t …Read more

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POMPEII COMMITMENT. ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATTERS LAUNCHES TWO BRAND NEW PROJECTS IN AUTUMN 2022

A NEW PRINT PUBLICATION AND THE YEARLY DIGITAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL PROMINENT PARTICIPANTS TO INVESTIGATE THROUGH CONTEMPORARY METHODOLOGIES POMPEIAN HERITAGE AND ITS MULTIPLE HISTORIES In Autumn 2022, Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters – the first long-term, contemporary art programme, established by the Archaeological Park of Pompeii – launches its first printed p …Read more

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SUMMER at the ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK OF POMPEII

Night-time walks at Pompeii Every Friday in July and August, commencing July 1st  from 20:00 to 23:00  (last admission at 22:00) ADMISSION FEE  € 5   Night-time walks are to resume at Pompeii. From the 1st of July until the 26th August, on every Friday evening (except Friday 12th August) from 20:00 to 23:00 (last admission at 22:00) it will be possible to enjoy a walk at Pompeii, surrounded by the …Read more

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THE DISCOVERY OF A TORTOISE FROM 2,000 YEARS AGO AND HER EGG

A story of Pompeii as a complex ecosystem between earthquake and eruption The remains of a tortoise, with a fragile egg within her shell, have been discovered in a shop on Via dell’Abbondanza; testimony of a rich ecosystem at Pompeii, composed of natural and not only anthropic traces, and precious archaeological evidence of the final phase in the life of the city, following the violent earthquake …Read more

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THE RePAIR PROJECT COMES ONLINE ROBOTICS AND DIGITALISATION AT THE SERVICE OF ARCHAEOLOGY

The website and social media channels go online to track the progress of the project www.repairproject.eu The ‘RePAIR’ project, an acronym for Reconstructing the Past: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics meet Cultural Heritage, comes online, and courtesy of cutting-edge technology, will contribute to the reassembly of the thousands of fresco fragments from the House of the Painters at Work and th …Read more

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The DNA of the inhabitants of Pompeii Moving towards a complete genetic mapping of the population

The recent news disseminated by the press, regarding the sequencing of the DNA of an inhabitant of Pompeii, forms part of a broader line of studies conducted by the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, which has for years been working - alongside universities and scientific institutions - towards mapping all available DNA, reserving the right to publish the results when the final picture is complete an …Read more

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PRESENTING THE WORKSITES - Activities ongoing at the great worksites of Pompeii presented to the public

An initiative for the MyPompeii community During the months of May and June, the Archaeological Park of Pompeii is opening the sites of its most significant restoration and valorisation works to the public: The House of the Silver Wedding, the House of the Dioscuri, the Suburban Villa of Civita Giuliana, the House of the Vettii, the public fountains, the Tower of Mercury, the House of Castricius a …Read more

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