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The buried city : unearthing the real Pompeii
Zuchtriegel, Gabriel2025
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Click and Collect for The buried city : unearthing the real Pompeii"This is Pompeii, as you've never seen it before. In this revelatory history, Gabriel Zuchtriegel shares the new secrets of Pompeii. Over the last few years, a vast stretch of the city has been excavated for the first time. Now, drawing on these astonishing discoveries, The Buried City reveals the untold human stories that are at last emerging. Pompeii is a world frozen in time. There are unmade beds, dishes left drying, tools abandoned by workmen, bodies embracing with love and fear. And alongside the remnants of everyday life, there are captivating works of art: lifelike portraits, exquisite frescos and mosaics, and the extraordinary sculpture of a sleeping boy, curled up under a blanket that's too small. The Buried City reconstructs the catastrophe that destroyed Pompeii on 24 August 79 CE, but it also offers a behind-the-scenes tour of the city as it was before: who lived here, what mattered to them, and what happened in their final hours. It offers us a vivid sense of Pompeii's continuing relevance, and proves that ancient history is much closer to us than we think."-- Provided by publisher.
Main title:
The buried city : unearthing the real Pompeii / Gabriel Zuchtriegel ; translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch.
Author:
Zuchtriegel, Gabriel, authorBulloch, Jamie, translator
Imprint:
London : Hodder Press, 2025.©2025
Collation:
vii, 242 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), map, plan ; 24 cm
Notes:
Translation of: Vom Zauber des Untergangs.First published in 2023 by Proyläen Verlag.Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-236) and index.Translated from the German.
ISBN:
97813997417299781399741729
Dewey class:
937.72568937.725
Language:
EnglishGerman
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BRN:
581710
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - History | 937.725 ZUC | In-transit from Sandringham Library to Hampton Library (Set: 18 Jun 2025) |
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