Author : Colin Amery
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,7 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780892366873
"Richly illustrated with historical images and new images of the site by acclaimed photographer Chris Caldicott, The Lost World of Pompeii tells the fascinating story of the ghosts of a bygone era raised from the ashes."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Emidio De Albentiis
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 13,37 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : 0892369418
The remains of the ancient city of Pompeii, frozen in time following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79, have provided invaluable evidence of daily life, not only in Rome's provinces, but in its larger urban centers as well. This book provides a fascinating look at how ancient Romans interacted in their public squares and marketplaces, how they worshipped, decorated their homes, and spent their leisure time--at the theater, in the gymnasium, and in the baths and brothels. Illustrated with photographs of architectural remains and exquisite details from a range of ancient artworks, including wall paintings, sculptures, mosaics, and carved reliefs, the book offers a glimpse into a lost world.
Author : Mary Beard
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 15,78 MB
Release : 2010-04-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0674045866
Pompeii is the most famous archaeological site in the world, visited by more than two million people each year. Here, acclaimed historian Beard explores what kind of town it was, and what it can reveal about "ordinary" life there.
Author : Pedar Foss
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 979 pages
File Size : 45,66 MB
Release : 2009-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1134689748
This all embracing survey of Pompeii provides the most comprehensive survey of the region available. With contributions by well-known experts in the field, this book studies not only Pompeii, but also – for the first time – the buried surrounding cities of Campania. The World of Pompeii includes the latest understanding of the region, based on the up-to-date findings of recent archaeological work. Accompanied by a CD with the most detailed map of Pompeii so far, this book is instrumental in studying the city in the ancient world and is an excellent source book for students of this fascinating and tragic geographic region.
Author : Lauren Tarshis
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 31,66 MB
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0545662869
The beast beneath the mountain is restless... No one in the bustling city of Pompeii worries when the ground trembles beneath their feet. The beast under the mountain Vesuvius, high above the city, wakes up angry sometimes -- and always goes back to sleep.But Marcus is afraid. He knows something is terribly wrong -- and his father, who trusts science more than mythical beasts, agrees. When Vesuvius explodes into a cloud of fiery ash and rocks fall from the sky like rain, will they have time to escape -- and survive the epic destruction of Pompeii?
Author : Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 34,88 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :
Describes the destruction of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and how its rediscovery nearly 1700 years later provided information about life in the Roman Empire.
Author : Alex Butterworth
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 16,42 MB
Release : 2013-12-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1466860642
***Please note that this ebook does not contain the photo insert that appears in the print book.*** The ash of Mt. Vesuvius preserves a living record of the complex and exhilarating society it instantly obliterated two thousand years ago. In this highly readable, lavishly illustrated book, Alex Butterworth and Ray Laurence marshal cutting-edge archaeological reconstructions and a vibrant historical tradition dating to Pliny and Tacitus; they present a richly textured portrait of a society not altogether unlike ours, composed of individuals ordinary and extraordinary who pursued commerce, politics, family and pleasure in the shadow of a killer volcano. Deeply resonant in a world still at the mercy of natural disaster, Pompeii recreates life as experienced in the city, and those frantic, awful hours in AD 79 that wiped the bustling city from the face of the earth.
Author : Struan Reid
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,34 MB
Release : 2017-06
Category : Pompeii (Extinct city)
ISBN : 9781474928885
One terrifying day in the year 79, the Roman city of Popeii was destroyed by a volcano and buried under ash for nearly 2,000 years. Follow the dramatic story and find out about the lives of the people and the treasures they left behind.
Author : Mary Beard
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 18,1 MB
Release : 2010-07-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1847650643
WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2008 'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy' Laura Silverman, Daily Mail The ruins of Pompeii, buried by an explosion of Vesuvius in 79 CE, offer the best evidence we have of everyday life in the Roman empire. This remarkable book rises to the challenge of making sense of those remains, as well as exploding many myths: the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought; or the hygiene of the baths which must have been hotbeds of germs; or the legendary number of brothels, most likely only one; or the massive death count, maybe less than ten per cent of the population. An extraordinary and involving portrait of an ancient town, its life and its continuing re-discovery, by Britain's favourite classicist.
Author : Eugene J. Dwyer
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 25,77 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Archaeology and history
ISBN : 0472117270
An intriguing look at contemporary views regarding the casts of victims from Mt. Vesuvius' eruption
