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In 1748, he began prospecting the nearby ancient city of Pompeii (which had previously been believed to be Stabiae), noted for the fact that it remained virtually unchanged, with expressions of surprise still on the inhabitants who remained there intact, buried by the sudden eruption of Vesuvius.
Pompeii (/ p ɒ m ˈ p eɪ (i)/ ⓘ pom-PAY(-ee), Latin: [pɔmˈpei̯.iː]) was a city in what is now the municipality of Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy.Along with Herculaneum, Stabiae, and many surrounding villas, the city was buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Although less known than Pompeii today, it was the first and, for a long time, the only discovered Vesuvian city (in 1709). Pompeii was revealed in 1748 and identified in 1763. [ 1 ] Unlike Pompeii, the mainly pyroclastic material that covered Herculaneum carbonized and preserved more wooden objects such as roofs, beds, and doors, as well as ...
Excavations first began to unearth the forgotten city in 1748, but it wasn’t until 1863 that archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli developed a method to make plaster casts of some of the Pompeii victims.
1747: Capheaton Treasure, a Roman silver hoard, is found in Northumberland, England. [4] Some of it is melted down. 1748: Pompeii rediscovered as the result of formal excavations by Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre. [5] 1749: Stabiae rediscovered by Joaquin de Alcubierre.
The first skeleton of Pompeii was found here in 1748. [12] The building was then reburied. Fortunately Weber drew a plan of the building, labelling where objects or paintings had been removed, which is priceless for reconstructing today the details of the decoration.
Amazing New Discovery Made At Pompeii Site Amazing findings have come out of Pompeii. French and Italian archaeologists discovered four skeletons and three gold coins in the ruins of an ancient shop.
2,800-year-old ‘recycling bin’ discovered in ruins of ‘Britain’s Pompeii,’ photos show. Brendan Rascius. April 2, 2024 at 3:00 PM.