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Where in the world
Italy
The site
Pompeii was a wealthy Roman city near Naples, home to 10,000 to 20,000 people until Mount Vesuvius buried it under meters of ash and pumice in 79 CE. Sealed beneath that blanket, it offers an unmatched snapshot of Roman life: fine public buildings, luxurious frescoed houses, an amphitheatre, baths, and walls covered in everyday graffiti. Decayed organic remains even let archaeologists cast moulds of victims in their final moments.
Field notes
- civilizations
- Roman
- types
- City
- built
- 600 BCE
- occupied
- 600 BCE — 79 CE
- country
- Italy
See it in 3D
Notable finds
Renowned pieces unearthed at Pompeii — and where they are today
sculpturePompeii Lakshmi▸Naples National Archaeological Museum
frescoAchilles and Briseis▸Naples National Archaeological Museum
statueDionysus, called Narcissus, from Pompeii▸Naples National Archaeological Museum
vaseBlue cameo vase from Pompeii▸Naples National Archaeological Museum
mosaicFish and Ducks▸Naples National Archaeological Museum
figurineApollo Kitharoidos▸Louvre Museum
plaster castTwo Maidens
frescoDeparture of Chryseis▸Naples National Archaeological Museum
graffitiDolete puellae
inscriptionTestament of Vibius Adiranus▸Naples National Archaeological Museum
Figures of this place
Laid to rest, born or died at Pompeii
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Marcus Venerius Secundiorests hereformer slave and theatrical producer in Ancient RomePictured through the ages
Artworks that portray Pompeii
Chronicle
What happened at Pompeii
- 88 BCEsiege
- 59 CERoughhouse at the Amphitheatre
- 62 CE62 Pompeii earthquake
- 79 CEeruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79
