July 2014 – Pompeii and Herculaneum tours with an archaeologist

Pompeii in the Geographical maps of the Vatican Museums

The Gallery of Maps is a gallery located in the Vatican on the way to the Sistine Chapel containing a series of painted topographical maps of Italy based on drawings of the geographer Ignazio Danti. The galley was commissioned by the Pope Gregory XIII. It took Danti three years (1580–1583) to complete the 40 panelsContinue reading “Pompeii in the Geographical maps of the Vatican Museums”

Pliny the Younger, the eye witness of the eruption of the Mount Vesuvius in 79AD

At the time of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79 the Roman fleet under the command of Pliny the Elder was stationed across the Bay of Naples at Misenum. Pliny was a scientist, a historian and a naturalist and he felt the need to get closer to observe the phenomenon of the eruption. HeContinue reading “Pliny the Younger, the eye witness of the eruption of the Mount Vesuvius in 79AD”