In the floor are indentations to coordinate the movement of donkeys and enslaved workers A bakery-prison, where enslaved workers and donkeys were confined and exploited to grind the grain needed to make bread. A cramped room with no view of the outside world and with small windows high in the wall with iron bars to let the light in. In the floor indentations to coordinate the movement of the anima …Read more

3 days of meetings at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii   The European Research Council (ERC), the body that funds the largest and most innovative scientific research projects, has chosen the Archaeological Park of Pompeii as the venue for its annual conference, which normally takes place in Brussels, as a place of excellence for research and study. These three days of meetings mark the occasion …Read more

THE POMPEIAN FRESCOES COME TO LIFE ON SUSTAINABLE FABRICS MADE BY CLAUDIO CUTULI  The splendid frescoes in the House of the Vettii come to life on sustainable fabrics made of nettle yarn and natural dyes extracted directly from ancient dyeing plants like those currently being grown in the nursery of the ancient city of Pompeii. These are the scarves made in three different designs by the master dy …Read more

Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Park of Pompeii, the Department of Penitentiary Administration of the “Giuseppe Salvia” Prison of Poggioreale,  the Surveillance Court of Naples and the Authority for the rights of individuals deprived of personal freedom     Fresh from the positive experience, still underway, whereby the Archaeological Park of Pompeii has offered community service program …Read more

  New displays: Villa of the Mysteries, restored and properly lit, the re-opening of the Antiquarium of Boscoreale, with the display of the chariot of Civita Giuliana, new forms of access to the villas of Stabia    …Read more

 “Vote buying” could even be promoted during dinners   EXCAVATIONS HAVE ALSO REVEALED THE LAST SACRIFICE ON THE HOUSEHOLD ALTAR Electoral inscriptions in a house have emerged from the latest excavations in the central area of ancient Pompeii, as reported in the online scientific journal of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, the E-Journal degli Scavi di Pompei  ( https://pompeiisites.org/e-journal …Read more

A procedure using the technique of plaster casts   Furniture from a room assigned to slaves has been found in the Roman villa of Civita Giuliana, about 600 metres north of ancient Pompeii. It looks like a photograph, exposing a situation of precariousness and subordination. However, it is an image from almost 2,000 years ago, made using the technique of plaster casts, a method which exists only in …Read more

The sites of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii will be open to visitors at the usual times on 15th August 2023. In particular, the sites of Oplontis in Torre Annunziata, Villa Regina in Boscoreale, and Villa San Marco in Castellammare di Stabia will be open on August 15th as an exception to the usual weekly closing on Tuesday. …Read more

Whilst it looks like a pizza, this image from a Pompeian painting from 2000 years ago obviously can't be, since some of the most characteristic ingredients are missing, namely tomatoes and mozzarella. However, as shown by a first iconographic analysis of a still life fresco, which emerged recently as part of the new excavations in the inula 10 of the Regio IX in Pompeii, what was represented on th …Read more

EUROPEAN ARCHAEOLOGY DAYS 16, 17 and 18th June 2023 ARCHAEOLOGISTS TALK ABOUT THE SITE: RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS AND EXCAVATION MISSIONS OF UNIVERSITIES IN POMPEII The Archaeological Park of Pompeii is participating the European Days of Archaeology 2023 will be held on 16th, 17th and 18th June. This initiative created by the INRAP, National Institute of Preventative Archaeological Research in Franc …Read more