The Fires of Vesuvius

The Fires of Vesuvius
Author: Mary Beard
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2010-04-30
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0674045866


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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.


The Fires of Vesuvius
Language: en
Pages: 385
Authors: Mary Beard
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-04-30 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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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 ki
Pompeii
Language: en
Pages: 385
Authors: Mary Beard
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-07-09 - Publisher: Profile Books

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WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2008 'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarsh
Secrets of Pompeii
Language: en
Pages: 203
Authors: Emidio De Albentiis
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Getty Publications

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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,
Ghosts of Vesuvius
Language: en
Pages: 499
Authors: Charles R. Pellegrino
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-08-09 - Publisher: Harper Collins

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A fascinating look at Pompeii, Herculaneum and the Vesuvius eruption in comparison with other historically significant volcanic eruptions, including the World T
Herculaneum
Language: en
Pages: 244
Authors: Joseph Jay Deiss
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989-09-21 - Publisher: Getty Publications

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A vivid portrayal of life in Pompeii's sister city, this book includes a detailed description of the ancient Villa dei Papyri, on which the present Getty Museum