Estimates carried out on the walls of the “Blue Sacrarium” of Regio IX in Pompeii  reveal that the costs of the blue pigment alone  came to between 50% and 90% of a Roman legionary’s monthly pay.   The “blue sacrarium” in Regio IX,10 is the subject of a scientific article that has just been published in the leading journal npj Heritage Science. The scientific analysis, carried out by MIT (M …Read more

  Research carried out by the Archaeological Park of Pompeii with the University of Sannio has pieced together the story.       Details of the story emerge from the study published today in the E-journal of Pompeii Discoveries of artefacts, their unexpected movements over time and as a result of historical events, sometimes become the subject of actual investigations which, thanks to the rese …Read more

From 12 February every Thursday from 10.30 am to 12.00 pm An opportunity to get a first-hand view of the excavations and new finds Press preview 12 February 10.00 am Theatre masks, figures of brightly coloured peacocks preserved intact beneath layers of ash and lapilli, imprints of trees and elegant new rooms are emerging from the excavations designed to reveal more of Villa Poppea. The sumptuous …Read more

After two centuries, new discoveries made in the corridor by the theatres “Why the future of memory depends on technology”   A love story of a woman named Erato, Erato Amat… (Erato loves...), a scene of gladiatorial combat, and many other moments and feelings set down on a wall in the theatre district, akin to what we would find today on the walls of modern streets or in online chats and social me …Read more