The Secret Refuge of Poppea: the Jewel of Nero's Wife Reveals Her Secrets Under Vesuvius

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The recent excavations in the Villa of Poppea , in the old Oplontis , the current Tower Annunziata , just five kilometers from Pompeii , have returned to light fragments of a splendour that was believed to be already fully known. The protagonist of this new chapter is the so-called Hall of the Mask and the Royal Turkey , a stay that finally begins to reveal its real dimensions and an extraordinary decorative richness. Attributed by historians to…

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In Oplontis (today Torre Annunziata), the ancient city between Pompeii and Herculano in the shadow of Vesuvius, the land continues to slowly yield its best-kept secrets. In the Villa of Popea, that lavish residence attributed to the second wife of Emperor Nero, time did not stop in A.D. 79, but simply [...]