STAFF RECOMMENDS
"The Buried City is a fun and conversational read that explores every aspect of Pompeii's story from its Etruscan origins, to its esoteric Dionysian influence, to its defining effect on archaeology techniques today. It's a refreshing book that highlights how much we can still learn about the society of Pompeii and what it can say about our own current world."
- Giovanni / Museum Stores Supervisor
In The Buried City, Gabriel Zuchtriegel takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of Pompeii and reveals new archaeological finds that are being unearthed at the site’s biggest dig in a generation. As director of the Pompeii Archaeological Park, Zuchtriegel presents a uniquely intimate perspective on this city that was tragically destroyed and frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. Among the ruins, we find unmade beds, dishes left drying, and bodies of victims encased in ash, but Zuchtriegel shows that we’ve only begun to understand this fascinating place, as a third of the site remains unexcavated. Paperback, 256 pages.
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