Secrets of Pompeii
Subtitle: everyday life in ancient Rome
By: Emidio de Albentiis ; photography by Alfredo and Pio Foglia ; [edited by Luisa Chiap].
Contributors: Foglia, Alfredo.; Foglia, Pio.; Chiap, Luisa.; De Albentiis, Emidio, 1958-
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780892369416
Subjects: Rome -- Civilization; Rome -- Social life and customs
Description: 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 provences, but in its larger urban centres as well.
Notes: Italian edition to be published later by Magnus Edizioni (Udine, Italy) with title I Segreti delle ceneri.

Includes bibliographical references.