A procedure using the technique of plaster casts   Furniture from a room assigned to slaves has been found in the Roman villa of Civita Giuliana, about 600 metres north of ancient Pompeii. It looks like a photograph, exposing a situation of precariousness and subordination. However, it is an image from almost 2,000 years ago, made using the technique of plaster casts, a method which exists only in …Read more

The sites of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii will be open to visitors at the usual times on 15th August 2023. In particular, the sites of Oplontis in Torre Annunziata, Villa Regina in Boscoreale, and Villa San Marco in Castellammare di Stabia will be open on August 15th as an exception to the usual weekly closing on Tuesday. …Read more

Whilst it looks like a pizza, this image from a Pompeian painting from 2000 years ago obviously can't be, since some of the most characteristic ingredients are missing, namely tomatoes and mozzarella. However, as shown by a first iconographic analysis of a still life fresco, which emerged recently as part of the new excavations in the inula 10 of the Regio IX in Pompeii, what was represented on th …Read more

EUROPEAN ARCHAEOLOGY DAYS 16, 17 and 18th June 2023 ARCHAEOLOGISTS TALK ABOUT THE SITE: RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS AND EXCAVATION MISSIONS OF UNIVERSITIES IN POMPEII The Archaeological Park of Pompeii is participating the European Days of Archaeology 2023 will be held on 16th, 17th and 18th June. This initiative created by the INRAP, National Institute of Preventative Archaeological Research in Franc …Read more

Tuesday 11th July, at 21:30, as the third of the concerts of the Vie dell'Amicizia Ravenna Festival 2023 ‘I love Pompeii more than Paris’, Herman Melville wrote in his travel diary; perhaps because the author of Moby Dick knew how to recognise the beauty that intertwines visible and invisible, myth and history. This beauty can be seen when, on Tuesday 11 July at 21.30, Pompeii welcomes the concert …Read more

  A WEALTH OF DATA JUST A CLICK AWAY An immense wealth of data of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, collected over decades and significantly increased in recent times thanks to the Great Pompeii Project under the direction of Massimo Osanna, will now be within everyone's reach with a click, for consultation, study and in-depth analysis. An archive of transparent glass, available and accessi …Read more

Pictured here are the new excavations in Regio IX, a previously unexplored area; this is part of the project to protect and maintain the archaeological site. New skeletons from the 79CE eruption are emerging. New investigations were launched in February to explore Regio IX of Pompei - one of the nine districts that the site is divided into -  an area that covers approximately 3200mq, almost an ent …Read more

Presentation Masterplan of the extraurban landscape of the Park Tuesday 30 May 2023, 10.30 am Auditorium of the Archaeological Park of Pompei The redevelopment of a landscape path of about 4 kilometers outside the walls of the Archaeological Park of Pompei, a real green ring around the ancient city, capable of enhancing the link between the excavation area and the surrounding natural and agricultu …Read more

The Park experience two years after subscription of the convention With the court of Torre Annuziata for public utility works 29 May, 11 o’clock, Vivaio della casa di Pansa, (nursery of the House of the Pansa) Meeting between the Director of the Park, Zuchtriegal, the President of the Tribunal Court, Aghina, and the Director of UIEPE for Campania, Nannola for the project budget. Pompei, the pilot …Read more

June 4 sees the renewal of #domenicalmuseo, the Ministry of Culture's initiative that allows free admission, every first Sunday of the month, to all sites in the Pompeii Archaeological Park. To find out the visiting hours click here. …Read more