NYT Article about Pompeii

Thank you! We really want to get to Pompeii.

@Tammy, there was an excellent 3 part series on PBS. Pompeii-The New Dig. I found it fascinating. I would guess you could find it on PBS passport, Amazon Prime or the library.

I have posted this link many times, and here it is again - A series of lectures by a Yale professor on Roman Architecture. For some reason, the first session isn't on the Yale website, but you can find it on YouTube. Several lectures are devoted to Pompeii and the other "Vesuvius" sites.

https://oyc.yale.edu/history-of-art/hsar-252

Thank you for sharing the Times article and resharing the lectures!

Thanks for sharing article, ET! It's truly a fascinating place (been twice) and they keep discovering more and more about life in that ancient Roman seaport. Tammy, I look forward to a report from you when you finally get there!

Thanks for both these links! EP - Lecture 4 about the history of Pompeii before the eruption is especially timely, we're spending a week there after Christmas (and staying at the hotel you recommended.) EXCITING!!

Here's an excellent overview of Herculaneum's history at the time of the eruption as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyH13mvUzBM

Tammy, there will be a detailed TR!!

Sandancisco - You have really cheered me up. This is not the happiest time to be living in Central Texas. I guess 79AD sucked for a lot of people too.

I hope you share a trip report with us - oh, I see that you will!

there will be a detailed TR.

Can't wait. I hope you enjoy the region as much as we did.

Great article. While we enjoyed our two-hour tour off Pompeii, it's occurred to me that there is so much new information, that tour guides could/should be updating their cookie-cutter tours into something more substantial. In hindsight I have to wonder if it would have been worth the cost to find an 8-hour tour with an archeologist.

You have really cheered me up. This is not the happiest time to be living in Central Texas. I guess 79AD sucked for a lot of people too. Estimated Prophet - Geez, really. Now that's a sense of perspective! You're so welcome.

Allan, good point about looking for an archaeologist. At this point, we will probably take the cookie cutter tour for 2 hours because we've been watching documentaries as they've come out with all the latest in Pompeii discoveries. My personal favorite is The New Dig, which we borrowed from the library. Will there be a season 2?!

Has anyone done either of these, both found in RS Forum - "When you go don't miss the Insula dei Casti Amanti which is an elevated exhibit of archeological dig in action on Via dell’Abbondanza." - I'm thinking this does NOT require an extra reservation, just an entrance ticket?

Every day from Monday to Friday at 11.00 am – booking can be done by calling the number 327 2716666 – it will be possible for two groups of 15 people to enter, accompanied by excavation staff who will point out the main finds and rooms that have emerged as well as the excavation methodology. In order to get access to the tours, it is necessary to buy a standard ticket to the archaeological park