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A Talk with Paul Roberts, Piero Giovanni Guzzo, chaired by Stefano Donati
AD 79. In just 24 hours, Pompeii and Herculaneum, two cities in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy, were buried by a catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Preserved under ash, the cities lay buried from just over 1,600 years, their rediscovery providing an unparalleled glimpse into the daily life of the Roman Empire.
One the most visited and anticipated British Museum’s exhibition, Life and Death. Pompeii and Herculaneum, is closing its doors.
Paul Roberts, the exhibition’s curator, will discuss the planning of the exhibition, the collaboration with Archaeological Superintendence of Naples and Pompeii and the curatorial choices, including the decision to bring the visitor from the bustling street to the intimate spaces of a Roman home and to the heart of people’s lives in Pompeii and Herculaneum. The exhibition has also been a great opportunity to admire a magnificent display of treasures: from finely sculpted marble reliefs, to intricately carved ivory panels and other fascinating objects.
“This exhibition enabled those who died in Pompeii and Herculaneum so suddenly to live on, to share their lives with us 2,000 years later”P.R.
But what is the future and the legacy of Pompeii and Herculaneum?
Paul Roberts will discuss with Piero Giovanni Guzzo, former head of the Archaeological Superintendence of Naples and Pompeii the current state of archaeological sites of the Campania’s region, the lack of funds to revitalise the area and to pursue the research, the necessary but controversial loans of artefact abroad and what is the future they envisage.
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