A brilliant military career, then a pleasant retirement in Pompeii, in the Campanian city famous for the beauty of the landscape and the views of the Gulf of Naples, which also attracted figures like Cicero and Agrippa. This is what emerges from the inscription on a tomb found during the work to create a functional […]
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Sacellum where Rituals were Performed with a Ceremonial Chariot Discovered in Pompeii
In the Civita Giuliana area, north of the ancient city of Pompeii, a large residence called Villa Imperiali had already been identified at the beginning of the 20th century. Since 2017 and then in 2019, thanks to an understanding protocol signed with the Torre Annunziata Prosecutor’s Office, the Archaeological Park of Pompeii has launched excavation […]
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Carpenter’s Tools Found in a Room in the Villa of Civita Giuliana in Pompeii
This is the latest discovery in the servile neighborhood of the villa of Civita Giuliana, scientifically investigated since 2017, when it was rescued from clandestine excavators thanks to an agreement between the Pompeii Archaeological Park and the Torre Annunziata Prosecutor’s Office: a room, exceptionally well-preserved like the other two discovered in the same sector with […]
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“Sacrarium” with Paintings Depicting Allegories of the Seasons, Agriculture, and Pastoralism, Discovered in Pompeii
Recent excavation work in Pompeii by archaeologist Gabriel Zuchtriegel and his team has uncovered a room interpreted as a sacrarium, whose walls are decorated with allegorical figures representing the seasons of the year and agricultural and pastoral activities. The discovery of this sacrarium should be understood in the broader context of the social and cultural […]
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Children’s Graffiti Found in Pompeii with Scenes of Fighting, Ball Games and Boats
In the excavations at the House of the Colonnaded Cenaculum in Pompeii, archaeologists have discovered a series of graffiti and drawings that, given the simplicity of execution, the naivety of the strokes, and the simplifications of the iconographic schemes, appear to have been executed by a child’s hand. The drawings were found on the long […]
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Remains of a Mat-Making Workshop and a Restaurant Found at Pompeii
Recent excavations at the building complex of Insula I 14, 1/11-14 in Pompeii have revealed evidence of a mat-making workshop. The team of the Pompeii I.14 Project, a collaboration between Tulane University and the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, has been systematically excavating this area since 2022, uncovering the different phases of development of this sector […]
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Spectacular Frescoes Depicting Scenes Related to the Trojan War Discovered in Pompeii
The archaeological excavation initiated in 2023 in Insula 10 of Regio IX in Pompeii has uncovered two interconnected houses facing Via di Nola, adorned with frescoes in their interiors. Frescoes and mosaics depicting mythological themes related to the Trojan War, such as Paris and Helen, and Apollo and Cassandra, were found within them, framed by […]
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The Temple of Isis at Pompeii, One of the First Buildings to be Unearthed from the Ashes
The Temple of the Egyptian goddess Isis in Pompeii was discovered in 1764 during the initial archaeological excavations of the ancient Roman city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. It was one of the first buildings to be unearthed, and its walls still bore beautiful ancient paintings. Excavations in Pompeii began […]
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Discoveries in a Pompeii Domus Reveal Tools and Materials Used by the City’s Stonemasons
The latest excavations in Pompeii reveal, as archaeologists explain in the excavation journal, interesting aspects about life and construction techniques of the time. An extraordinary example of this is found in the archaeological exploration of Insula IX-10, which is shedding new light on the processes and materials used by Pompeian stonemasons during the city’s final […]
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Extraordinary Fresco Depicting the Twins Phrixus and Helle Fleeing with the Golden Fleece Found in Pompeii
During the restoration works of the House of Leda in Pompeii, a fresco appeared depicting the mythological scene of the twins Phrixus and Helle fleeing from their pursuers on the back of the famous golden fleece ram. The scene, showing Phrixus on the ram while his sister is falling into the water, is painted as […]
