Sad to hear of the recent death of architect Nicholas Wood. I worked with him in Pompeii and his watercolours recreated the magic of the Roman houses we were studying. He even incorporated me as a human scale (past and present) for the cross-section of the House of Ceres
He worked with us on the House of Amarantus in which we were excavating and produced this plan of our discovery of the mule and dog in the front room and the Cretan wine amphorae stacked in the atrium. The mule & dog are featured in our Amarantus book cambridgescp.com/Array/buy-book
His interest in Pompeii was boundless and he was best known for his model of the House of the Tragic Poet which he recreated with eye-watering attention to detail.
I sincerely hope the model found a good home… theclassicslibrary.com/house-of-the-t… @StephenJenkin
Thank you, Nick, for all you gave us; you’ve left a beautiful archive and many fond memories. #Pompeii

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24 Oct
Was it on this day in AD 79 that Vesuvius erupted and buried #Pompeii, #Herculaneum and the other Vesuvian sites in volcanic debris?

Probably!
Evidence such as ripe pomegranates and the remnants of a recent grape harvest in wine-pressing rooms found in the ancient Vesuvian sites certainly suggest an autumnal date rather than the traditional August date recorded in a medieval copy of Pliny’s account of the eruption.
A charcoal inscription uncovered in #Pompeii contains the date ‘XVI K Nov’—16 days before the Kalends of Nov—equating to 17th Oct. No year is mentioned but the impermanence of charcoal suggests it *may* have been written close to the time of eruption.
Image: @MassimoOsanna
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1 Jun
So I went to the #NeroExhibition @britishmuseum... Image
You cannot have a #NeroExhibition without the back story. Cue Augustus (and his swooshy locks), Caligula (and his cute eyelashes) and a few of the other Julio-Claudians before we meet the protagonist: Nero. #NeroExhibition ImageImageImageImage
From a curtain fringe to full on foppish curls (and a fuller chin) #NeroExhibition ImageImageImageImage
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15 May 20
This fabulous documentary explores the recent excavations in Region V in #Pompeii. It really brings together our understanding of the individual finds but also of the neighbourhood. Brilliant and compelling viewing. @pompeii_sites @MassimoOsanna
https://t.co/iFeViWHjlh
Didn’t think I’d be adding to this thread for a while but thanks to @MassimoOsanna a fabulous and previously unseen fresco from Region V excavations in #Pompeii has been revealed: Ariadne being abandoned by Theseus on the shores of Naxos. Wow.
Images: instagram.com/p/CHvqzLopq3W/… ImageImageImageImage
A close-up of that extraordinary decorative design...
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26 Apr 20
A very brief history of Pompeii in plans:
Historically, the hill that covered the ancient city of #Pompeii was known as ‘La Civita’ – the settlement.
Gaultier 1754
raremaps.com/gallery/detail…
#cartography @_MiBACT #viaggioinitalia #ArTyouReady #paesaggioitaliano
While excavation of #Pompeii was in its infancy plans of the city were being made and I love that they are barely identifiable as being the ancient city we see today.
Lapatie 1776
Piranesi 1792 (detail)
La Vega 1800

#cartography for @_MiBACT #viaggioinitalia
Under the auspices of French rule at the start of the 19th cent, excavations in #Pompeii opened up huge swathes of the ancient site & the city walls were uncovered revealing the extent of the urban area.
Unknown 1800
De Jorio 1825

#cartography for @_MiBACT #viaggioinitalia
Read 10 tweets
1 Apr 20
A really lovely series of short films dealing with various aspects of #Pompeii featuring a lot of unseen footage from the new excavations in Region V.
In French but the images speak volumes.
Courtesy of @Inrap_ActuGE & via @rogueclassicist
inrap.fr/mediatheque/re…
This fabulous documentary explores the recent excavations in Region V in #Pompeii. It really brings together our understanding of the individual finds but also of the neighbourhood. Brilliant and compelling viewing. @pompeii_sites @MassimoOsanna
https://t.co/iFeViWHjlh
Didn’t think I’d be adding to this thread for a while but thanks to @MassimoOsanna a fabulous and previously unseen fresco from Region V excavations in #Pompeii has been revealed: Ariadne being abandoned by Theseus on the shores of Naxos. Wow.
Images: instagram.com/p/CHvqzLopq3W/… ImageImageImageImage
Read 5 tweets
26 Mar 20
Amongst the wealth of online resources relating to their #Pompeii exhibition that @GrandPalaisRmn have generously made accessible online is this lovely film of a reconstruction of the recently discovered House with the Garden in Region V by @pompeii_sites
The House with the Garden became renown for the discovery of the charcoal inscription which initiated further debate as to the date of the eruption but many other, now familiar finds were also uncovered in the property.
Image: @pompeii_sites
I was fascinated to see the House with the Garden in #Pompeii being excavated and it slowly emerging from the volcanic debris on my couple of visits to Region V.
Separated by 4 months here are “before & after” photos in March then in July 2018 as more pumice had been removed...
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