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

150 SHEEP IN THE UNEXCAVATED PLATEAU OF THE ANCIENT CITY A RETURN TO THE GREATEST TRADITIONAL TECHNOLOGY: “NATURE” Savings and environmental impact 150 sheep currentlygraze in the green space within the ancient city of Pompeii in a large area that still remains unexcavated, covered above the layer of ash and lapilli by extensive vegetation which requires maintenance. “Sometimes the most innovative …Read more

The House of the Vettii, the iconic house of Pompeii, is reopening. It is always included in guides to the UNESCO World Heritage site and books on ancient art as a result of its extraordinary frescoes and the sculptures that adorned the large garden. After a period of closure lasting twenty years with a partial reopening in 2016 – confined to the entrance of the atrium and surrounding areas – visi …Read more

On 1 January 2023, the first Sunday of the month, the sites of the Pompeii Archaeological Park will be open with free admission. …Read more

Friday 21 October, at 8.30 PM, the Amphitheatre of Pompeii will be the venue of a concertevent capable of offering the participants a unique immersive experience, generating suggestive interactions between the musical performance, the design of the set, and the magical atmosphere of the venue by making use of the most advanced digital technologies. Starring in this riveting show will be Max Gazzè, …Read more

Small furnished rooms have been discovered around a sumptuous lararium with a depiction of an ‘enchanted garden’, previously excavated in 2018 during the course of maintenance operations on the excavation fronts. The household life of Pompeii is brought to light once more: the final moments of life captured in the furnishings shattered by the eruption of AD 79. Plates, vases, amphorae, glass and t …Read more

A NEW PRINT PUBLICATION AND THE YEARLY DIGITAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL PROMINENT PARTICIPANTS TO INVESTIGATE THROUGH CONTEMPORARY METHODOLOGIES POMPEIAN HERITAGE AND ITS MULTIPLE HISTORIES In Autumn 2022, Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters – the first long-term, contemporary art programme, established by the Archaeological Park of Pompeii – launches its first printed p …Read more

Night-time walks at Pompeii Every Friday in July and August, commencing July 1st  from 20:00 to 23:00  (last admission at 22:00) ADMISSION FEE  € 5   Night-time walks are to resume at Pompeii. From the 1st of July until the 26th August, on every Friday evening (except Friday 12th August) from 20:00 to 23:00 (last admission at 22:00) it will be possible to enjoy a walk at Pompeii, surrounded by the …Read more

A story of Pompeii as a complex ecosystem between earthquake and eruption The remains of a tortoise, with a fragile egg within her shell, have been discovered in a shop on Via dell’Abbondanza; testimony of a rich ecosystem at Pompeii, composed of natural and not only anthropic traces, and precious archaeological evidence of the final phase in the life of the city, following the violent earthquake …Read more