Life in the Past Lane
Dr Jess VennerJoin my history cult. Stories of history’s lost voices, breaking archaeological news, and fresh insights into the ancient world from a full-time historian with a PhD. Uncover the past with me, Dr Jess Venner.
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Wealth and status in Pompeii's wealthiest house
Exploring the House of the Faun in Pompeii with Dr. Jess Venner; Episode VI of XX in A Historian’s Pompeii: The Ultimate Guide
On one of Pompeii’s busiest streets stands a house that would have both impressed and intimidated passers-by. Be...
Pompeii’s hidden traffic system: One way or the high way
Episode V of XX in A Historian’s Pompeii: The Ultimate Guide
The streets of any city are easy to overlook.
At the Heart of Pompeii: Power, Politics and Performance
Learn how to read Pompeii’s Forum like a historian, tracing its ancient origins, powerful monuments, and the details modern visitors often miss.
It was May 2017, and from the outside, my life looked enviable. I worked in the fast-paced wor...
How to read Pompeii like an historian
Episode III of XX in A Historian's Pompeii: The Ultimate Guide
Pompeii is overwhelming at the best of times. Even to the trained eye, it is difficult to know where to begin, where to look, and how to read the evidence in front of you. Is i...
How Pompeii became everyone's obsession: The story of its rediscovery
No. II of XX in A Historian’s Pompeii: The Ultimate Guide
In the days after Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, anyone returning to Pompeii would have found a landscape almost impossible to recognise. Streets, houses, temples, gardens, and the peop...
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Postdoctoral Ancient Historian at the University of Oxford, author of The Lost Voices of Pompeii & storyteller of history’s forgotten people. First for archaeological news.
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