POMPEII WELCOMES HOME EROTIC MOSAIC LOOTED BY NAZI OFFICER A Roman mosaic depicting a pair of lovers, which was repatriated from Germany, is displayed to journalists in the auditorium. “It is the moment when the theme of domestic love becomes an artistic subject,” said the director of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. “While the Hellenistic period, from the fourth to the first century B.C., exulted the passion of mythological and heroic figures, now we see a new theme.” Roman-era mosaic panel with erotic theme that was stolen during World War II returns to Pompeii | The Associated Press

AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF CONTINOUS CHANGE New discoveries emerge constantly, articles and books about these findings have steadily appeared as excavations expand into parts of the town that remain buried. In 2021 Gabriel Zuchtriegel, a German classicist then in his late 30s, was given the enormous task of directing the dynamic site of Pompeii. In “The Buried City,” a meditation on both the ruins of Pompeii and his life as a pioneering archaeologist, Mr. Zuchtriegel shows that his selection was an inspired choice, he speaks with passion, wonder and deep humanity. ‘The Buried City’ Review: Pompeii on Display | The Wall Street Journal

AN ANCIENT PERFUME GARDEN, RECREATED A garden once flourished in Pompeii. There, alongside a typical row house, olive trees, roses, and vines blossomed, nourished by hand-carved irrigation channels. Now, a new garden is taking root the same spot. The Pompeii Archaeological Park has just unveiled the restored Garden of Hercules. A 2,000-Year-Old Pompeii Garden Springs Back to Life | artnet

ENTREPENEURS, PRIESTESSES, INNKEEPERS, ARTISANS, SEX WORKERS AND SLAVES The stories of eight more real-life Pompeian women can now be explored using the MyPompeii app, an interactive section of the exhibition invites visitors to follow in the footsteps of ancient women on an immersive walk through Pompeii, with marked locations where they lived and worked. Pompeii is the ideal place to redress the gender imbalance created when history is written largely by men. “Essere donna nell'antica Pompei” is on view through January 31, 2026 at the Archaeological Park. What Life Was Really Like for Women in Ancient Pompeii | Artnet

RADICAL PLANS TO PROTECT POMPEII FUTURE We are here — says journalist Alex O’Connell — because he has written his first book as director, The Buried City: Unearthing the Real Pompeii. “It’s actually not a very long book but it wasn’t my plan to write everything about Pompeii,” the director of the Archeological Park says modestly. In fact, Gabriel Zuchtriegel has written an essential read for anyone interested in this extraordinary place – or indeed anyone interested in running an organisation with baggage. He has a light touch, yet is philosophically challenging. Why the man in charge of Pompeii doesn’t want you to visit | The Telegraph

THE VINEYARDS RECOUNTING THE STORY OF THE ANCIENT CITY Life will return to the ancient city of Pompeii almost two millennia after it was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius thanks to a new viticultural project. The winery is the result of a partnership between Tenute Capaldo Group and Pompeii Archaeological Park: the vineyard itself will cover six hectares. The two grapes which will be initially planted are varieties which Feudi di San Gregorio has championed in Campania: Greco and Aglianico. Plans for Pompeii winery announced | The Drinks Business

PINK FLOYD AT POMPEII RESTORED VERSION 2025 Of great importance to the film’s editing are the backlit shots of the boys making their way in solitude through Pompeii’s excavations and Pozzuoli’s Solfatara, an active volcanic crater in the Phlegraean Fields. In a quiescent state for at least two thousand years, it still maintains an activity of sulfur dioxide fumaroles and jets of boiling mud. The group plunges unceremoniously into the sulfurous vistas of a different world. A place of mud bubbles and magmatic rocks, where the earth lives, inhales and exhales poison. When Pink Floyd played in Pompeii | Finestre sull'Arte

A RENAISSANCE REDISCOVERY IN ART HISTORY The recent scientific analysis of a mysterious painting that hung in a church in Pompeii for centuries has revealed it to be by the Renaissance master Andrea Mantegna. “The restoration revealed iconographic and technical details that confirm Mantegna’s authorship, returning to art history a masterpiece that was thought lost.” A local art historian was the first who put forward the theory that the painting might be an original Mantegna. Long-Lost Renaissance Masterpiece Rediscovered in Pompeii | Artnet

THIS SPRING 'PINK FLOYD AT POMPEII', IS TO BE RE-RELEASED IN CINEMA The film has now been restored to 4K quality from the original negatives which were found in Pink Floyd’s archives. The recent discovery of the 1972 original 35mm cut negative was a very special moment.” The film’s sound has also been overhauled, in a new mix by chart-topping prog rock star Steven Wilson. Pink Floyd to rerelease restored 1972 Pompeii concert film in Imax | The Guardian

A MEGALOGRAPHY OF BACCHANTES AND SATYRS The frescos unfurl a Dionysian procession in life-sized proportions. In it are bacchantes— female followers of the god of hedonism—depicted as hunters and dancers; playful satyrs playing flutes and imbibing wine; as well as a woman, flanked by Silenus and bearing a torch that marks her out as an initiate. The ancient cult of Dionysus, the Archaeological Park of Pompeii noted, required initiates to undergo a ritual to be allowed entry. New Pompeii Excavations Yield a Lavish Frieze Depicting a Mysterious Ritual | artnet

POMPEII: THE NEW DIG — HOUSE OF TREASURES At Pompeii, Italian archaeologists complete the biggest dig in a generation, where they strike gold and luxury in one of Pompeii’s richest homes. "This is the missing piece of the thermal experience" Dr Sophie Hay and Dr Gennaro Iovino explore the new dig in Pompeii. The chambers - complete with a large plunge pool, and hot, warm, cold and changing rooms - could accommodate up to thirty people. Used as a “spectacle” to gain favour with others. 'Once-in-a-century' discovery reveals spectacular luxury of Pompeii | BBC

ROMAN DOLIA AND GEORGIAN QVUEVRI Storage vessels, dolia were precisely engineered containers whose composition, size and shape all contributed to the successful production of diverse wines with specific organoleptic characteristics. Wine cellars have been found all over Italy and the western Roman world, but those of the Villa Regina at Boscoreale near Pompeii remain the most famous and best-preserved examples. Making wine in earthenware vessels: a comparative approach to Roman vinification | Cambridge University Press

A REINTERPRETATION OF A POMPEIAN EROTIC FRESCO Now online Marianna Simnett “Leda Was a Swan”, contemporary art conceived for the Digital Fellowship of Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters. An ancient violent myth is unravelled as an embodied story of pleasure. The artwork combines stage and costume design, video, performance, sound and artificial intelligence (AI). Marianna Simnett. Leda Was a Swan | Pompeii Commitment

ON A STUDY TRIP TO THE BAY OF NAPLES The trip involved visits to Pompeii, Herculaneum, Mount Vesuvius and the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.  First-hand experience of many of the artefacts and buildings they have studied for GCSE Classical Civilisation. Pompeii never ceases to amaze and the experience was all the more powerful as students began their visit with the ‘Garden of the Fugitives’. In the Shadow of Vesuvius: Year 11 Students Explore Ancient Roman Sites in the Bay of Naples | Godolphin & Latymer School

MEMORIALIZED BY CASTS OF CAVITIES THEIR BODIES LEFT IN THE ASHFALL Pompeii and the 2,000 unlucky souls who had stayed behind the eruption were buried, leaving their bodies encased in volcanic debris. As the bodies decomposed, they left hollow spaces. Centuries later, archaeologists detected these spaces and gently filled them with plaster, creating molds that chillingly capture their anguished last moments. Rick Steves’ Europe: Reflecting on ruin at Vesuvius and Pompeii | The Epoch Times

EROTIC FRESCOS SHED LIGHT ON POMPEII'S SAUCY SECRETS A small house with sensual artwork is the latest discovery in the ancient city. Besides the fresco of Phaedra and Hippolytus, who spurned her love, other mythological scenes adorning the vividly coloured walls of the house include a sexual encounter between a satyr and a nymph, and gods who the site said may have been Venus and Adonis. Ancient Pompeii site uncovers tiny house with exquisite frescoes | Reuters

NEXT BIG PROJECT AFTER  "GLADIATOR 2" When it comes to epic storytelling and grand cinematic experiences, Ridley Scott is a name that often comes to mind. Fresh off his work on “Gladiator 2,” the legendary director is now turning his attention to the small screen with an ambitious new project: a disaster series about the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii. Pompeii: Ridley Scott Is Preparing a Disaster Series About the Volcanic Eruption with Amazon | The Journal

"A GREEN RING FOR THE ANCIENT CITY OF POMPEII" The redevelopment of an extra-moenia landscape path that, with about 4 km of linear development, will run through the world-known archaeological site close to Naples. The project by Studio Bellesi Giuntoli involves the creation of two circuits, one inside and one outside the historic walls of the site. Offering panoramic views of the archaeological remains, Vesuvius, the bay and the surrounding rural landscape. A new landscape path in Pompeii | Domus

DO I STAY? DO I GO? "Most people think (the eruption) happened quick,” Jared Benton, a professor of classical archaeology at Old Dominion University, told McClatchy News. The eruption in 79 A.D. actually took place over two days, giving Pompeii residents roughly a day to escape but still killing over 1,000 people. The ruins catch people “in the act of making hard decisions.” Pompeii — an ‘endless treasure trove’ — is in a ‘golden age’ of research. What’s new? | Miami Herald

A LOVER'S GIFT? A fine gold bracelet discovered just outside Pompeii on the arm of a female victim (aged about thirty) of the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 provides perhaps an inkling of such affection, with its inscribed message, ‘The master to his very own slave-girl’ (dom(i)nus ancillae suae). The inscribed bracelet is made of gold. It is in the shape of a snake, recognizable from its carved tail and head, with inlaid glass paste eyes. Golds of Moregine | Pompeii Commitment