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The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press. de Albentiis, Emidio (2006). "Social Life: Spectacles, Athletic Games, and Baths," Pompeii. Barnes & Noble Publications. Koloski-Ostrow, Anna Olga (2009) "The city baths of Pompeii and Herculaneum," The World of Pompeii. Taylor & Francis; pp. 227-231.
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.
While there, he published A Hoard of Samian Ware from Pompeii. [3] In 1913, Atkinson was appointed lecturer at University College, Reading. He continued to work on excavations, assisting J. P. Bushe-Fox at Wroxeter between 1912 and 1914, and supervising an excavation at Adel in West Yorkshire in 1913. [4]
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Erotic art in Pompeii and Herculaneum has been both exhibited as art and censored as pornography. The Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum around the bay of Naples were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD , thereby preserving their buildings and artefacts until extensive archaeological excavations began in the 18th century.
House of the Orchard (Italian: Casa dei Cubicoli Floreali; also referred to as the Casa del Frutteto or the House of the Garden) is an ancient Roman residential structure located in the archaeological site of Pompeii. Situated on the south side of Via dell'Abbondanza, this house is notable for rich and decorative features.
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The House of the Tragic Poet sat in Regio VI, Insula 8, the far-western part of Pompeii. The house faced the Via di Nola, one of Pompeii's largest streets that linked the forum and the Street of the Tombs. Across the Via di Nola from the House of the Tragic Poet sat the Forum Baths of Pompeii.