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Pompeii A.D. 79: Essay And Catalogue
J.B. Ward-Perkins

Pompeii A.D. 79: Essay And Catalogue

essay and catalogue

Knopf (Dec 1978)
9780394504919
| Hardcover
215 pages | English
Dewey 937.7
LC Classification DG70.P7 .W34 1978
LC Control No. 78013870

Subject

  • Italy
  • Pompeii (Extinct City)
  • Social Science - Archaeology

Plot

Here in 450 plates--50 in full color--is the life and art of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae, the ancient Roman towns buried by a catastrophic eruption of Vesuvius for more than sixteen centuries until their discovery and excavation. This volume brings together more than 300 murals, sculptures, and artifacts recovered from the ashes and ultimately housed in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples and the Pompeii Antiquarium.