We recently watched an excellent three part series on PBS about new discoveries at Pompeii. About a third of the city buried by the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius remains unexcavated. Recently, a new section of the city has been the site of a new archaeological dig and the PBS series reveals the interesting findings, as well as provided the current interpretation of the sequence of events around the eruption.
The dig found several striking mosiacs in a combined bakery and residential residential of a wealthy Pompeii resident and does a fine job of explaining the findings.
This article contains more background, along with brief trailers for the episodes. Recommended.
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