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These latest finds offer a deeper look into the lives, social hierarchies, and incredible architecture that Pompeii can still show us. While Pompeii was leveled more than 2,000 years ago, there is ...
The 2,000-year-old “House of the Gladiators” in ancient Pompeii’s ruins collapsed on 6 November 2010. Known officially by its Latin name “Schola Armatorum,” the structure was not open to visitors. Still, it was visible from the outside as tourists walked along with one of the ancient city’s main streets.
As impressive as the artifacts are, the exhibit also gives visitors a much larger perspective about what Pompeii looks like today and what the entire town would have looked like 2,000 years ago ...
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.
Portico and garden. The House of Julia Felix was a combination of indoor and outdoor areas built around atria, courtyards into which the main rooms opened, with enclosed gardens and private water supply; [8] Sections of the praedia allowed for indoor and outdoor seating with frescoes depicting landscapes of leisure and gardens.
Buried and unseen for nearly 2,000 years, a series of striking paintings showing Helen of Troy and other Greek heroes has been uncovered in the ruined Roman town of Pompeii.. Discovered inside ...
Archaeologists have been given a new insight into what life in Pompeii was like after discovering a spa-like complex that has been described as a “once-in-a-century” find.
Plan of Pompeii with the House of Menander highlighted in red. The House of Menander (Italian: Casa del Menandro) [1] is one of the richest and most magnificent houses in ancient Pompeii in terms of architecture, decoration and contents, and covers a large area of about 1,800 square metres (19,000 sq ft) occupying most of its insula. [2]