Pompeii
Subtitle: history, life & afterlife
By: Roger Ling.
Publisher: Tempus
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Stroud, Gloucestershire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
Subjects: Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Antiquities; Art, Roman -- Italy -- Pompeii (Extinct city); Excavations (Archaeology) -- Italy -- Pompeii (Extinct city); Pompeii (Extinct city) -- History; Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Social life and customs
Description: This book describes the day-to-day life of Pompeii's inhabitants on the eve of the fatal eruption in AD 79, as well as the eruption itself and its aftermath. The city was rediscovered in the late 16th century, and since then archaeologists have discovered more and more of the city's past. Contains an assessment of the conflicting demands of conservation and public access.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-183) and index.