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The Complete Pompeii (Hardcover)

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Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Thames & Hudson; Reprint edition (1 Oct 2007)
Language English
ISBN-10: 050005150X
ISBN-13: 978-0500051504
Product Dimensions: 26.2 x 20.1 x 2.5 cm

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'Supersedes nearly everything written about the world's most fascinating archaeology site... lavishly illustrated...all Roman life in a nutshell'

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4.0 out of 5 stars Book lives up to its title., 9 Jan 2008

By	Guy Mannering (Maidenhead, England) - See all my reviews

This is by no means the largest nor the most lavish book on Pompeii to appear recently. One of my bookshelves almosts sags and groans under the weight of the mega-tomes edited by Filippo Coarelli and by Marisa Ranieri Panetta (both highly recommended and containing breathtaking illustrations.) But if you're looking for one single handy volume that doesn't require you to pump iron before opening it up then this work has much to commend it. It's admirably wide-ranging in subject matter as is promised by the title, the articles are presented in digestible bite-sized chunks and it's profusely illustrated (although the photos are smaller and lack the impact and detail of those in the two works cited above.) Unlike some of her Italian counterparts, the author adopts a rather cautious approach when sifting the evidence and drawing conclusions on a number of subjects, for example: Was the rebuilding activity underway at the time of the eruption the result of the AD63 earthquake or more recent seismic shocks? Had the city post-earthquake gone "downmarket"? And what exactly was the date of the eruption of Vesuvius (the author suggests this is by no means as certain as the received date we encounter in most books on the subject.) Which all goes to show that after more than two centuries of excavation there is still much about Pompeii that we do not know for sure. Personally, I would like to have seen a few more pages devoted to Heculaneum and Oplontis, but in so far as the book promises the "Complete Pompeii" it does a pretty good job of delivering the goods.
Postscript. The date of the eruption of Vesuvius was recently the subject of an article in the Times. It looks like the usually accepted date of 24 August derived from Pliny is probably correct based on analysis of some garum - Pompeii's famous fish sauce - and the type of fish used in its manufacture.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Account of the Site of Pompeii, 25 May 2008

By	J. Chippindale (England) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

If you require information about anything the internet has probably become an unbeatable source of knowledge but for me maybe I am old fashioned there is still nothing to beat a good book and this is a good book. It is full of facts and photographs laid out in such a way that they are interesting to the reader.

The main reason that I personally bought the book was that I had visited the site a dozen years ago and my memories of the place were starting to fade in my mind. As soon as I opened the book and the photographs of various parts of the site shone back at me from the pages, all the old memories flooded back and it was as though I had been there only yesterday. The book covers virtually everything that anyone is likely to want to know about Pompeii nd the surrounding area. Also about how one of the largest archaeological sites in the world is still developing with new things being discovered all the time.

The destruction of Pompeii is well documented, but little is known of the lives of the people who lived in Pompeii before the disaster. This book goes a long way towards telling the story of the unfortunate people who were caught up in one of the worst natural disasters in history. How they lived their lives, the work they did and how they spent their leisure time.

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