Pictured here are the new excavations in Regio IX, a previously unexplored area; this is part of the project to protect and maintain the archaeological site. New skeletons from the 79CE eruption are emerging. New investigations were launched in February to explore Regio IX of Pompei - one of the nine districts that the site is divided into -  an area that covers approximately 3200mq, almost an ent …Read more

Presentation Masterplan of the extraurban landscape of the Park Tuesday 30 May 2023, 10.30 am Auditorium of the Archaeological Park of Pompei The redevelopment of a landscape path of about 4 kilometers outside the walls of the Archaeological Park of Pompei, a real green ring around the ancient city, capable of enhancing the link between the excavation area and the surrounding natural and agricultu …Read more

The Park experience two years after subscription of the convention With the court of Torre Annuziata for public utility works 29 May, 11 o’clock, Vivaio della casa di Pansa, (nursery of the House of the Pansa) Meeting between the Director of the Park, Zuchtriegal, the President of the Tribunal Court, Aghina, and the Director of UIEPE for Campania, Nannola for the project budget. Pompei, the pilot …Read more

June 4 sees the renewal of #domenicalmuseo, the Ministry of Culture's initiative that allows free admission, every first Sunday of the month, to all sites in the Pompeii Archaeological Park. To find out the visiting hours click here. …Read more

We are pleased to inform you that the Archaeological Park of Pompeii is organizing, under the coordination of arch. Arianna Spinosa, Eng. Vincenzo Calvanese and Dr. Stefania Giudice, the first workshop "Questioni di bottega" on restoration, monitoring and maintenance in order to share and disseminate operational methods and practices. The meeting on 05/18/2023 is aimed at presenting the many ongoi …Read more

TWO SKELETONS FOUND BENEATH A COLLAPSED WALL It was not just the eruption that led to the death of the inhabitants of Pompeii but also the simultaneous earthquake Turmoil, confusion, attempted escapes and, in the meantime, an earthquake, showers of pumice, volcanic ash and hot gases. This was the inferno of the eruption of AD 79, the living hell in which the inhabitants of the ancient city of Pomp …Read more

 From discovery to restoration and display to the public A story of recovery, legality and the enhancement of a unique find ON DISPLAY FOR THE FIRST TIME  FOR THE EXHIBITION “THE INSTANT AND ETERNITY. BETWEEN US AND THE ANCIENTS” at the Museo Nazionale Romano from 4 May to 30 July 2023 In 2019 excavations began in Civita Giuliana, a district to the north of the ancient city of Pompeii, in a suburb …Read more

A ceremonial chariot with silver relief decoration, a stable with a harnessed chestnut horse, two victims of the eruption of which plaster casts were made and a room inhabited by three slaves, possibly members of a small family.  A long list of surprising finds has been brought to light by the excavation of Civita Giuliana, the site saved from long-standing looting by illegal excavators as a resul …Read more

A floor mosaic has come to light in the living room of a house on the site of the Stabian Baths that predates the baths. The house had been abandoned and transformed, following the earthquake of AD 62, into a bathing complex Pompeii is a permanent laboratory for archaeological study and research that continues to reveal new aspects of the history of the urban layout and social organisation of the …Read more

The aim is to improve the conservation of the site, restructure the edge of the excavation and obtain new archaeological data Excavations have resumed at Pompeii covering an extensive area of about 3,200 square metres, the equivalent of virtually an entire block (insula) of the ancient city which was buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79. The project is part of a broader approach which, orig …Read more