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"The Other Pompeii: Life and Death in Herculaneum" [46] is a documentary presented by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, director of Herculaneum Conservation Project. "Pompeii: The Mystery of the People Frozen in Time" [47] is a 2013 BBC One drama documentary presented by Margaret Mountford. "Pompeii: The New Revelations" was broadcast on UK TV channel 5 ...
In the course of his works prospecting the estate of the future Charles III of Spain he stumbled across some remains of the Roman city of Herculaneum.He then sought permission and funding from the king to continue the excavations on a larger scale, which was granted in 1738 although with little manpower and resources.
The first phase of the excavations at Pompeii started in 1748, which led to the first conservation and restoration efforts of the frescoes since their burial, [2] and in 1764, open-air excavations began at Pompeii. [1] Pompeii has a long history of excavation and restoration that began without a strong foundation or strategy. [3]
The excavation revealed this week is part of a much larger project to help protect and preserve the excavated and unexcavated areas of Pompeii, which already include more than 13,000 rooms in ...
New Pompeii excavation reveals a large private thermal complex built 2,000 years ago ROME (AP) — Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, has unearthed a new treasure -- a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.
Amedeo Maiuri, director of Pompeii and Herculaneum from 1924 to 1961, was intent on re-creating the "atmosphere" of the two towns as they were before the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Though some directors before him had taken limited steps towards this, Maiuri was motivated to reconstruct much of the two towns' infrastructure.
The Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte (Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed) is an eight-volume book of engravings of the findings from excavating the ruins of Herculaneum in the Kingdom of Naples (now Italy). It was published between 1757 and 1792, and copies were given to selected recipients across Europe.
Fascinating artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city doomed and buried by Mount Vesuvius’s deadly eruption in AD79.. The most impressive discovery is ...