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Pompeii is Italy's third most popular tourist attraction, with millions of visitors each year. Images of the town are familiar all around the world. But even today our picture of the site is being changed by new archaeological discoveries. The concerns and techniques of today's archaeologists are far removed from those of the earliest excavators. Before turning to the cultural and political background behind the site's rediscovery in 1748, Alison Cooley examines whether it really did remain undisturbed up to that point. In the second half of the nineteenth century the fall of the Bourbon monarchy dramatically heralded a new era of archaeological exploration under the direction of Giuseppe Fiorelli. And in the twentieth century excavation transformed our image of the urban environment of Pompeii, raising new questions as it dug ever deeper. This book explores the impact of scientific advances, archaeological innovations, and contemporary politics upon interpretations of Pompeii over the last 250 years, including the ways in which advances in volcanology have transformed our picture of its last moments.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction
1. Prologue to the Nightmare
2. The Nightmare Revealed
3. A Broken Sleep
4. The Reawakening
5. The Politics of Archaeology
6. Probing Beneath the Surface
7. Probing Ever Deeper
Notes
Further Reading
Glossary
Timeline: Events relating to the destruction, rediscovery, and
excavation of Pompeii
Key figures in the history of Pompeii's excavation
Index
Product details
| Published | Oct 30 2003 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 192 |
| ISBN | 9780715631614 |
| Imprint | Bristol Classical Press |
| Dimensions | 233 x 156 mm |
| Series | Archaeological Histories |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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