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The Revelatory New History from the Director of Pompeii - a Sunday Times Bestseller
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'The best book on Pompeii I've ever read' STEPHEN FRY 'Brilliant' TOM HOLLAND A vast area of Pompeii is being excavated for the first time, revealing astonishing insights into how people really lived. In this revelatory new history, Director of Pompeii Gabriel Zuchtriegel shares the untold...
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'The best book on Pompeii I've ever read' STEPHEN FRY
'Brilliant' TOM HOLLAND
A vast area of Pompeii is being excavated for the first time, revealing astonishing insights into how people really lived. In this revelatory new history, Director of Pompeii Gabriel Zuchtriegel shares the untold stories that are at last emerging.
Pompeii is a world frozen in time. There are unmade beds, dishes left drying, tools abandoned by workmen, and bodies embracing with love and fear. 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, and 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 gives us a vivid sense of Pompeii's continuing relevance, and proves that ancient history is much closer to us than we think.
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ISBN: 9781399731195
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 21 May 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hodder Press
Illustration: 2 x colour plate sections
Contributors:
- Translated by Jamie Bulloch
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 194.0mm
Weight: 228g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Gabriel Zuchtriegel is Director General of the archaeological park in Pompeii. He studied classical archaeology at the Humboldt University in Berlin and received his PhD from the University of Bonn. In 2015, he became director of the Paestum archaeological park and museum, before being appointed at Pompeii in February 2021. He became an Italian citizen in 2020 and is currently overseeing the biggest dig of the site of Pompeii in a generation.
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