Early Results of the 2023 Excavation Season at Oplontis Villa B
When Vesuvius erupted in AD 79 the site known today as Oplontis, Villa B was a busy commercial and residential complex located along the coast about three miles from ancient Pompeii. Italian authorities unearthed it between 1974 and 1991 in a series of campaigns together with its more famous neighbor, Villa A also known as the Villa of Poppaea. Today the site presents a layout centered around a two-story colonnaded courtyard. Excavators found over 1400 amphorae in the process of being washed and readied to receive a new vintage of wine (Thomas 2015; Thomas 2016; Muslin 2016; Pecci et alii. 2017; Muslin 2019; Van der Graaff Muslin forthcoming). To the north, highlighted in yellow, the site preserves the ruins of a Roman street lined with two-story rowhouses (Van der Graaff et alii 2020). …leggi tutto