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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.
Pompei (Italian:; Neapolitan: Pumpeje [pumˈbɛːjə]), in English also Pompeii (/ p ɒ m ˈ p eɪ (i)/ pom-PAY(-ee), as in the name of the ancient city) is a city and commune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy, home of the ancient Roman ruins of Pompeii that are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
The first of the home's rooms were discovered in April 1748 during the very first days of the excavation of Pompeii. More of its rooms were unearthed in late 1875 - 1876 and additional excavations were conducted in 1908.
A view of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city near modern Naples in Italy, is seen in 1979. An estimated 2,000 people died in the city during the eruption of the nearby Mount Vesuvius. ((AP Photo, File))
Pompeii, the ancient Roman city is set to expand. ... where the remains of horses were discovered in 2018, ... and a four-kilometer accessible loop of Pompeii created for people with reduced mobility.
The Temple of Isis sustained significant damage from the earthquake that affected Pompeii in the first century. [21] Although early excavators of Pompeii found nearly all of the Forum's buildings in disrepair or even in shambles, they discovered that Temple of Isis had been fully restored at some time between 62 CE and the eruption of Mount ...
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.
The famous frescoes of the villa were first discovered in 1909, but they were soon damaged by a combination of poor protection from the elements and an earthquake that occurred in June. [6] The major problems that developed were damp and salt-residues that leached from the ground, causing white stains to appear on the surface of the paintings.