pompeii

August 24, 2020
On this day in history (24 August, 79 A.D.) Mount Vesuvius erupted, killing around sixteen thousand individuals who lived and worked in various locations within the Bay of Naples.

April 28, 2019
Giovanni Maria Benzoni died on April 28, 1873.

May 20, 2018
Horse Found in Pompeii Excavation A complete figure of a horse buried in volcanic matter has been discovered in Pompeii for the very first time.

April 15, 2018
Books and Backgrounds: Greek Myths in Roman Art and Culture Zahra Newby.

February 18, 2018
As Perseus and Andromeda Rise, Medusa is the Star For stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere, the constellations of Perseus and Andromeda reach ascendance on 18 February, and are easy to see high overhead during the spring.

December 17, 2017
The Roman god Saturn’s feast began being celebrated in Rome on 17 December 497 BCE.

October 18, 2017
Pompeii’s Past Meets Present Artists for Upcoming Exhibition and Permanent Installation Sources report of a dynamic collaboration between the archaeological site of Pompeii and the Neapolitan Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donnregina (Madre) to foster a dialogue between past and present in the forthcoming exhibition,“Pompeii at Madre: Archaeological Material” exhibition, opening on 19 November.

Pompeii’s Past Meets Present Artists for Upcoming Exhibition and Permanent Installation Sources report of a dynamic collaboration between the archaeological site of Pompeii and the Neapolitan Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donnregina (Madre) to foster a dialogue between past and present in the forthcoming exhibition,“Pompeii at Madre: Archaeological Material” exhibition, opening on 19 November.

October 1, 2017
In one of the most famous clashes of the ancient world, Alexander the Great defeated Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 BCE.

February 19, 2017
On 19 February 356 Emperor Constantius II issued a decree closing all the pagan temples in the Roman Empire.

January 28, 2017
Roman Sundial Shaped Like a Ham is Reactivated A small timekeeping device shaped like a chunk of prosciutto has been reanimated, though not quite in the flesh, by a team of researchers at the Museo archeologico nazionale di Napoli using 3-D printing technology.