The Minister of Heritage, Cultural Activities and Tourism, Alberto Bonisoli this morning, Friday 8 June 2018, visited the Pompeii excavations on the occasion of the opening day for the new excavations of the Regio V. …Read more

FLEEING THE ERUPTION CRUSHED BY A LARGE BLOCK OF STONE THE FIRST VICTIM OF THE NEW EXCAVATION SITE EMERGES The thorax was crushed by a large block of stone, and the body hurled back by the force of the pyroclastic flow, in a desperate attempt to flee the fury of the eruption. The first victim which emerges in the site of the new excavations of Regio V, does so in this dramatic position. The skelet …Read more