8-hour guided tour of Pompeii with a real archaeologist

Brief History of Pompeii

Pompeii, a small Roman town , together with Herculaneum and other neighboring towns, was completely buried by ash and pumice stones during the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius.Only in 1748 the excavations of the ancient Roman town began in order  to bring to light its monuments.Today this archaeological site is of great importance in Roman archeology for two main reasons:

1. Since the fall of the Roman empire  Barbaric  invasions have progressively destroyed the opulent cities of the ancient world, leaving few poor traces of their past glory. But Pompeii is an exception. In the Middle Ages, during the barbaric invasions, Pompeii was hidden and buried under a thick blanket of ash and pumice stones. For many centuries no one ever knew exactly the place of its burial. Therefore, the  town has never suffered the complete destruction that marked the fate of the entire ancient world.
2. Thanks to the absence of oxygen, two thousand years later, Pompeii has given the whole world incredible examples of the everyday life of the first imperial period (I century A.D.): houses, spa buildings, shops, streets, brothels, but also frescoes with vivid colours, colonnades, statues, jewelry, surgical instruments, ladles, spoons, knives, amphorae, etc and even 81 loaves of bread were found in the bakery which belonged to a certain Modestus.

Despite the heavy bombardment in 1943 by the Allies’ bombs which  destroyed a large area, your archaeologist will show you some parts of the Pompeii ruins not exposed to that destruction or brought to light after the Second World War.

N.B.: The entrance fees are not included