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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 ...
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 ...
Roque Joaquín de Alcubierre (16 August 1702 – 14 March 1780) was a military engineer in the Spanish Army who discovered architectural remains at Pompeii and Herculaneum. Early life [ edit ]
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]
Karl Jakob Weber (12 August 1712 – 1764) was a Swiss architect and engineer who worked under the orders of the Spanish military engineer Roque de Alcubierre in the excavations of Herculaneum Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabiae, under the patronage of Charles VII of Naples. At first a soldier and military engineer, he joined the excavations in 1749.
An archaeologist works on the recently discovered remains of a victim in the archaeological site of the ancient city of Pompeii, which was destroyed in AD 79 by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, in ...
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 ...
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.