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Pompeii Excavation Reveals Lavish New Finds in Villa Linked to Nero’s Wife
A vivid peahen fresco emerges inside the Villa Poppaea near Pompeii. Credit: Pompeii Archaeological Park Archaeologists working near Pompeii have uncovered remarkable new finds inside the Villa Poppaea, the lavish residence traditionally associated with Poppaea Sabina, the wife of Emperor Nero. Ongoing excavation and restoration work is revealing the true scale, decoration, and complexity of one of the villa’s most refined spaces, known as the H…
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…
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 [...]
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