The Buried City Unearthing the Real Pompeii Gabriel Zuchtriegel (author), Jamie Bulloch (translator) Blackwell's Signed edition
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The Buried City sheds new light on Pompeii, a world frozen in time after the catastrophic volcanic eruption on 24 August 79 CE. Gabriel Zuchtriegel, the current Director of Pompeii, is overseeing the largest excavation of the city in a generation.
In the book, he shares some of the incredible recent discoveries and the stories that have been uncovered about those who lived and died in Pompeii. There are unmade beds, abandoned dishes and bodies caught in their last embrace, as well as enchanting new frescos and an ancient 'pizza'. He tells us a new story about Pompeii, showing us that as well as a tragedy, it is also a story of survival and life going on.
Through Zuchtriegel's eyes, we step behind the scenes into the real world of Pompeii. The Buried City shows us why Pompeii continues to resonate so strongly for us today, and the important lessons that we can learn from the city's ordinary people. - Gabriel Zuchtriegel (author), Jamie Bulloch (translator)
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This is not just the best book on Pompeii I've ever read - it's the best book on the glorious realities of archaeology itself. Gabriel Zuchtriegel will surely inspire a whole new generation in the field with his blend of knowledge, experience and boundless passion. For this reader ... well, it has left me panting to revisit Pompeii with the new, excited eyes that this magnificent book has given me.
- Stephen Fry author of Mythos
A learned guide to life in Pompeii both in the Roman past and the twenty-first century, deftly weaving the ancient with the modern, the personal with the historical. The end result is a fascinating, affable and constantly illuminating exploration of Pompeii as an idea and as an archaeological site but also as a home for thousands of Roman people from all walks of life.
- Emma Southon author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
...it reads as a conversation with the past, and leads you to reflect on how that conversation changes with each generation. The Buried City is a deeply moving examination of the lives of ordinary people in Pompeii through the extraordinary objects discovered there, it is also a beautiful reflection on what Pompeii can tell us about ourselves.
- Elodie Harper author of The Wolf Den
The Buried City is more than just a fact-finding mission about Pompeii. It delves wonderfully into the importance of our personal relationships with history, bringing in autobiographical bites and philosophical musings. Passionate and wonderful!
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