Pompeii, Oplontis, The Antiquarium of Boscoreale from the 27th July until the 28th September : on Fridays and Saturdays - from 20:30 to 23:00 (last entrance 22:30) The Villa S. Marco with ‘Stabiae Nocte': 28th July, 4th and 11th August and 1st September :- from 20:30 to 23:30  From Friday 27th until 28th September the illuminated routes of the Vesuvian archaeological sites return, as part of the 2018 development projects promoted by the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities.The site of Pompeii, the Villa of Poppaea at Oplontis, the Antiquarium of Boscoreale and, for the first time, the Villa S. Marco at Stabiae will be illuminated on Friday and Saturday evenings. …Read more

Pompeii, House of Cryptoporticus 14 July 2018 - 20 January 2019 CATRIN HUBER …Read more

New archaeological investigations redefine the urban spaces of this area of the ancient city  …Read more

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