Just an archaeologist who works at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii ~ https://t.co/FZNJ35FWZW
The sheer force of the eruption captured for perpetuity in the collapse of the wall and roof as well as in the crack in the wall painting like a fault line that shifts the upper part of the wall laterally. And in all of that the wooden door survived—the void now cast in plaster. 
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 
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. 
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 
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.
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.
One of my favourite food discoveries from #Pompeii is the incredible survival of this ceramic bowl of eggs found in the House of Julius Polybius. His near neighbour, Julia Felix, had a fresco of a plate of eggs (and a tea towel!) adorning the wall of her study. #WorldFoodDay 
According to letters Pliny the Younger wrote to Tacitus, detailing his eye-witness account of the AD79 eruption, it happened on Aug 24th.
According to letters Pliny the Younger wrote to Tacitus, detailing his eye-witness account of the AD 79 eruption, it happened on August 24th.
The Roman theatre in Herculaneum is located just north of the excavated part of the ancient town. But for a series of tunnels dug through it in the 18th/19th centuries, it lies hidden from view under the volcanic debris of 79AD. Only small glimpses of the structure are possible. 
@pompeii_sites @MassimoOsanna A few more views of the incredibly exciting first glimpses of the tops of the walls emerging from the volcanic ash & amphorae nestled in the pumice in the new excavations in Region V, #Pompeii. 
