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A day of games in Pompeii’s amphitheatre
Episode XIII of A Historian's Pompeii: The Ultimate Guide
On a day of games, the southeastern edge of Pompeii must have felt very different from the rest of the city. People streamed along the streets towards the amphitheatre, joining visi...
At Two in the Afternoon, Pompeii Went to the Baths
Episode XII of A Historian's Pompeii: The Ultimate Guide
The Roman bath was a gym, spa, swimming pool, meeting place, gossip mill, and somewhere to get clean. In Pompeii, an ordinary afternoon at the baths brings us remarkably close to dai...
How one female archaeologist changed how we see Pompeii
The urban produce gardens of Pompeii. Episode XI of A Historian's Pompeii: The Ultimate Guide
Archaeologist Wilhelmina Jashemski (1910-2007) transformed our impression of the landscape of Pompeii by looking beyond its houses, temples, and...
Who creates our image of a city? ‘Views’ of the Folios of Francesco Panini and Jean Barbault.
I am standing in one of the upstairs rooms at Shapero Rare Books on New Bond Street, natural light pouring in around two large folio volumes resting on cushions before me. Carefully turning the pages of Francesco Panini’s book, I stop at a...
Give us Pompeii, our daily bread
Milling about (making bread) in the ancient city. Episode X of A Historian's Pompeii: The Ultimate Guide
Cars beep, the tram dings, and a moped flashes past, its rider shouting at a man in rags who is slowly crossing the road, an old bag o...
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