{"id":3866,"date":"2023-07-26T11:47:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T09:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seepompeii.com\/la-storia-e-la-conservazione-degli-scavi-di-pompei\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T14:55:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T12:55:43","slug":"the-history-and-conservation-of-the-pompeii-excavations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seepompeii.com\/en\/the-history-and-conservation-of-the-pompeii-excavations\/","title":{"rendered":"The history and conservation of the Pompeii excavations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Buried by the eruption of a volcano, by more than 5 meters of volcanic material for at least 1700 years and unearthed accidentally in 1748.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the story of Pompeii, one of the oldest Roman cities that survived earthquakes, eruptions and war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On October 24, 79 AD<\/strong>, after years of dormancy, Vesuvius suddenly awoke, catching all Pompeiians unprepared. Never would they have imagined that the mountain they considered a friend, which gave them food to feed themselves and the finest wine to drink and sell, would suddenly turn traitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vesuvius first began to erupt ash and lapilli. Then when it was completely free of the cap that obstructed it, it began to emit gas and water vapor at very high temperatures.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pompeiians had no time to escape and were buried by the enormous amount of volcanic material thrown up by the volcano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pompeii within hours was engulfed in piles of ash and lapilli that solidified around the city when the powerful pyroclastic flow arrived.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pompeii remained imprisoned in the volcanic layer for more than 1,700 years, only to be accidentally unearthed in 1748.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An immense heritage composed of houses, villas, mosaics, frescoes and the casts of the very people who populated it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A heritage that has remained intact despite the eruption of 79 A.D., despite the bombings of 1943 during World War II and the various earthquakes.<\/p>\n\n\n