Pompeii: An Archaeological Guide for Visitors

Annually, two million visitors now walk the paved streets of the resonant ruins of Pompeii, which have miraculously emerged, preserved, from their layers of volcanic ash – a direct route back to the living, breathing world of the ancient Romans. Yet, despite the fame and unique importance of this site, there is a surprising lack of a handy archaeological guide in English to reveal and explain its public spaces and private residences. This compact and user-friendly handbook, written by an expert in the field, helpfully fills that gap. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, diagrams, and other images, Pompeii: An Archaeological Guide offers a general introduction to the doomed city, followed by an authoritative summary and survey of the buildings, artefacts, and paintings themselves. Derived from an intimate knowledge of Roman archaeology around the Bay of Naples, the result is an unrivalled picture of the forum, temples, brothels, bath-houses, bakeries, gymnasia, amphitheatre, necropolis, and other site buildings – including perennial favourites like the House of the Faun, named after its celebrated dancing satyr.

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