Life and Death: Pompeii and Herculaneum, British Museum
Life and Death: Pompeii and Herculaneum, British Museum
Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/11/2012 - 09:37
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Thursday, 28 March, 2013 (All day)
Until 29 September
This exhibition will be the first ever heldon these important cities at the British Museum, and the first such majorexhibition in London for almost 40 years. It is the result of close collab
oration with the Archaeological Superintendency of Naples and Pompeii, wil
l bring together over 250 fascinating objects, both recent discoveries andcelebrated finds from earlier excavations. Many of these objects have neve
r before been seen outside Italy. The exhibition will have a unique focus,looking at the Roman home and the people who lived in these ill-fated citi
es.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/pompeii_and_herculan
eum.aspx