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The Temple of Jupiter in the Forum of Pompeii
The Temple of Jupiter dominates the north side of the Forum of Pompeii, with Mount Vesuvius looming behind it. After the town became a Roman colony in 80 BCE, the temple became a Capitolium, a temple dedicated to the capitoline triad (Jupiter...
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Dog, Pompeii
A cast of a dog from Pompeii. The dog was trapped in the ash flows of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.
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House of the Vettii, Pompeii
The peristyle of the house of the Vettii, Pompeii. The villa was preserved following the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE.
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A Loaf of Bread from Herculaneum
A loaf of bread from Herculaneum. 79 CE. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, (photo taken at the National Maritime Museum, Sydney Australia) Carbonised in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Before the eruption, someone in Pompeii scratched...
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Roman fresco with flowers and birds
Wall painting fragment with flowers and birds, from a Roman villa around Mt. Vesuvius, before 79 CE. (Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, Germany)
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Stabian Baths, Pompeii
Colonnades of the Stabian Baths at Pompeii, the Roman town buried in volcanic ash following the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE. The building was first constructed in the 4th century BCE and modified in the 2nd century BCE.
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Reconstruction of Temple of Jupiter, Pompeii
A digital reconstruction of the Temple of Jupiter in Pompeii. Built in the 2nd Century BCE, the site was caught up in the destruction caused by Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. This reconstruction depicts the temple as it may have looked when it...
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Two-storey Building, Herculaneum
A two-storey building at Herculaneum. The town was buried under ash and lava following th eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. It is very rare for upper stories of Roman buildings with their wooden elements to survive.
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Hercules
Roman copy of an original by the Greek sculptor Lysippos of about 325-300 BCE. Restored and set into a modern bust by the English sculptor Joseph Nollekens. Said to have been found at the foot of Mount Vesuvius and presented to the British...
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Antiquarium of Boscoreale, Room I
Room I of the Antiquarium of Boscoreale (Italy) is devoted to the economy and environment of the Vesuvius area in Roman times and showcases a copy of the famous plaster cast of a dog from Pompeii, and another of a domestic pig found in one...
