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“BEING A WOMAN IN POMPEII” - The exhibition in Palestra Grande in Pompeii From 16 April 2025 to 31 January 2026

Being a woman: a statement, but also a question to which there are different answers depending on the moment and the context, even in ancient Pompeii. The discovery of the living conditions of women and girls, the numerous aspects of everyday life and the position they occupied in the house and Roman society, and even more so in a Campanian city such as Pompeii, is the thread running through the e …Read more

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POMPEI è MUSICA SECOND SEASON OF CONCERTS AT THE AMPHITHEATRE OF POMPEII FROM 27 JUNETO 5 AUGUST 2025

14 live events with international and Italian artists ranging from classical music to pop  From 27 June to 5 August 2025, the season of musical events at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii kicks off with fourteen live concerts in the amphitheatre featuring famous artists from Italy and abroad. It opens with two concerts by the tenor Andrea Bocelli, and continues in late July with the concert by th …Read more

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A funerary relief from a monumental tomb in the necropolis of Porta Sarno

Life-size depiction of a couple:  a man and a woman The restoration currently underway will be on display at the exhibition “Essere donna nell’antica Pompei” (Being a woman in ancient Pompeii) which will open on 16 April 2025   A funerary relief showing the almost life-size figures of a couple – a man and a woman – from a tomb in the necropolis of Porta Sarno has been discovered. It came to l …Read more

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POMPEII, DISCOVERY OF A ROOM WITH FRESCOES DEPICTING THE INITIATION INTO THE MYSTERIES AND THE DIONYSIAC PROCESSION

AN EXTREMELY RARE “MEGALOGRAPHY” OF THE 1ST CENTURY BC, LIKE THE FAMOUS VILLA OF THE MYSTERIES Over 100 years since the discovery of the Villa of the Mysteries, a large new fresco casts light on the Dionysiac mysteries in the classical world. An almost life-size frieze, known as a “megalography” (from the Greek term for "large painting"- a cycle of paintings with large-scale figures) has been unea …Read more

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One of the largest private bath complexes ever to be discovered, adjoining a banqueting room, has been brought to lightduring the excavations of Regio IXin Pompeii

The Park’s director Gabriel Zuchtriegel stated:”Itis an example of how the Roman domusacted as the setting for artistic and cultural shows that the owner staged to gain votes or win the favour of his guests” A large bath-complex inside a private domus, adjoining a banqueting room, has been unearthed during the excavations currently being carried out in insula 10 ofRegio IXin Pompeii. The complex i …Read more

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POMPEII: FROM MONITORING TO CONSERVATION CONSERVATION BECOMES INTERACTIVE WITH THE AID OF AN APP

An innovative solution has been found for the constant monitoring of the archaeological site of Pompeii to tackle its greatest challenge, the conservation of the ancient city which makes safeguarding it a collective mission. Due to its size and fragility, the conservation of the ancient city of Pompeii requires a huge commitment: in this sense, the archaeological site can be compared to other “com …Read more

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STARTING FROM 15 NOVEMBER, POMPEII TO BRING IN NOMINATIVE TICKETS AND A DAILY LIMIT OF 20,000 ADMISSIONS

As of 15 November, the tickets of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii will be personalised and will have the names of visitors on them. There will also be a daily limit of 20 thousand admissions, subdivided into time slots during the summer. This innovation comes in the wake of record numbers of visitors this summer with an influx of tourists never seen before in the history of the site, with over …Read more

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ANDREA BOCELLI, LIVE AT POMPEII THE FAMOUS TENOR IN CONCERT IN THE AMPHITHEATRE OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK - 27 and 28 June 2025

An extraordinary encounter with two icons of the artistic heritage of humanity: operatic singing - or “bel canto” -  interpreted by the voice of the tenor Andrea Bocelli and the unique, timeless archaeological site of Pompeii. The famous tenor will star in two concerts held at the amphitheatre of Pompeii on 27 and 28 June 2025, accompanied by the Orchestra Reali Filarmonici (the philharmonic orche …Read more

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POMPEII: WHEN GREAT ART ALSO BEGAN TO APPEAR IN SMALL HOUSES

A NEW EXAMPLE OF A RICHLY DECORATED HOUSE WITHOUT AN ATRIUM REVEALED BY THE CURRENT EXCAVATIONS IN THE INSULA OF THE CASA DEI CASTI AMANTI The British would call them “tiny houses”: small, detached dwellings but, in this case, with extremely elegant decoration. This is the case for one of the most recent houses to have been discovered during the excavations currently underway in the Insula of the …Read more

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CLOSURE OF THE ANTIQUARIUM AND OPENING OF THE IMPERIAL VILLA, THE HOUSE OF TRYPTOLEMUS, AND THE HOUSE OF THE SAILOR

We would like to inform you that as of August 1, 2024, the Antiquarium of the Pompeii will close for maintenance work and the refitting of some of the exhibition spaces. Three of the casts on display at the Antiquarium will now be displayed in the Imperial Villa which is accessible from the lower entrance to the Antiquarium. In addition, the House of the Sailor and the House of Tryptolemus will be …Read more

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