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Pompeii ( pom-PAY-(ee), Latin: [pɔmˈpei̯.iː]) was an ancient city located in what is now the comune of Pompei near Naples in the Campania region of Italy. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area (e.g. at Boscoreale, Stabiae), 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. Largely preserved under the ash, the excavated city offers a unique snapshot of Roman life, frozen at the moment it was buried, although much of the detailed evidence of the everyday life of its inhabitants was lost because of excavations. It was a wealthy town, with a population of ca. 11,000 in AD 79, enjoying many fine public buildings and luxurious private houses with lavish decorations, furnishings and works of art which were the main attractions for the early excavators. Organic remains, including wooden objects and human bodies, were interred in the ash. Over time, they decayed, leaving voids that archaeologists found could be used as moulds to make plaster casts of unique, and often gruesome, figures in their final moments of life. The numerous graffiti carved on the walls and inside rooms provide a wealth of examples of the largely lost Vulgar Latin spoken colloquially at the time, contrasting with the formal language of the classical writers. Pompeii is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors annually.After many excavations prior to 1960 that had uncovered most of the city but left it in decay, further major excavations were banned or limited to targeted, prioritised areas. In 2018, these led to new discoveries in some previously unexplored areas of the city. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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Les Nouvelles Heures de Pompéi
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Pompei. Il tempo ritrovato
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Intimità a Pompei: Riservatezza, condivisione e prestigio negli ambienti ad alcova diPompei
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Mythologische Bildthemen in den Häusern Pompejis: Die Bedeutung der zentralen Mythenbilder für die Bewohner Pompejis
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Pompeian Households: An Analysis of the Material Culture
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Häuser in Pompeji. Vol. XI. Casa della Caccia Antica (VII 4, 48)
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À la découverte de Pompéi
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Studien zur Idealplastik der Vesuvstädte
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Pompei, Ercolano, Stabia
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Die Wände Pompejis
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Introduzione allo studio di Pompei. La città ed i monumenti pubblici
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L'ultima fase edilizia di Pompei
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La Casa del Menandro e il suo Tesoro di Argenteria
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Pompeji in Leben und Kunst
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Pompeii: Its Life and Art
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Pompejanische Beitraege
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Arria Marcella
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Les Ruines de Pompéi. Vol. 2
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Ex corpore lucrum facere : la prostituzione nell'antica Pompei
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