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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Latin motto that spans the centuries, from Pompeii to Shakespeare A new article has been published in the E-Journal of the excavations of Pompeii that examines some of the recent finds from the site in Regio IX, insula 10 at Pompeii, where archaeological investigations are currently underway as part of the work designed to safeguard and improve the hydrogeological structure of the excavation fac …Read more

THE EXCAVATIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE WILL CONTINUE THANKS TO THE FUNDS FROM THE BUDGET  This is the latest discovery from the servants’ quarter of the villa of Civita Giuliana, which has been explored since 2017 when it was seized from tomb robbers thanks to an agreement between the Archaeological Park of Pompeii and the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Torre Annunziata: …Read more