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

  A detailed report has been published in the e-Journal of the Excavations of Pompeii https://pompeiisites.org/e-journal-degli-scavi-di-pompei/ about a new room excavated in the central area of the ancient city. The room is painted blue and has been interpreted as a sacrarium, a shrine devoted to ritual activities and the storage of sacred objects. The room was shown for the first time in the …Read more

Discovery of drawings of gladiators made by children before the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 New mythological paintings found in a room within the same insula Two victims of the eruption discovered by the main entrance of the house THE EXCAVATION IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Gladiators and hunters, painted by small children with charcoal on the walls of a service courtyard in the House of the Colonn …Read more

A spectacular banqueting room with elegant black walls, decorated with mythological characters and subjects inspired by the Trojan War, is one of the rooms recently been brought to light during the excavations currently underway in insula (block) 10 of Regio IX at Pompeii and which is now completely visible in all its splendour. It provided a refined setting for entertainment during convivial mome …Read more

At the entrance of Piazza Anfiteatro, by walking along the path through the greenery flanked by the ancient tombs of the cemetery of Porta Nocera, one comes to a unique place which, like so many other similar ones in Pompeii, is steeped in sanctity and compassion. It is a display area of several plaster casts of victims of the eruption, discovered close to the ancient gate of Porta di Nocera. As f …Read more

New information relating to Roman construction techniques is emerging from the ongoing excavations at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. In the rooms of the ancient domus in Region IX, insula 10 excavations are revealing important evidence of a building site in full swing: work tools, stacked tiles, bricks of tuff, and piles of lime. According to scholars, the building site was active up until th …Read more