Amedeo Maiuri and Related Topics

Herculaneum

Ancient town, located in the modern-day comune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy.

Herculaneum plan showing the ancient site below the modern (1908) town and the 1631 "lava" flow

Herculaneum and other cities affected by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The black cloud represents the general distribution of ash and cinder. Modern coast lines are shown.

Cupids playing with a lyre, Roman fresco from Herculaneum

A marble tablet from Herculaneum showing women playing knucklebones, depicting Phoebe, Leto, Niobe, Hilearia, and Agle, painted and signed by an artist named "Alexander of Athens", now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples)

A fresco depicting Theseus, from Herculaneum (Ercolano), Italy, 45–79 AD

"Boat houses" where skeletons were found

The skeleton called the "Ring Lady" unearthed in Herculaneum.

House Number 22 is noted for this outstanding summer triclinium with a nymphaeum decorated with coloured mosaics.

Herculaneum, Neptune and Salacia, wall mosaic in House Number 22

Residential water pipe made of lead in Herculaneum

Marcus Nonius Balbus, found in dwellings of Resina/Herculaneum.

Bronze sculptures of runners from the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum, now in the Naples National Archaeological Museum

From 1927 until 1942 a new campaign of excavations was begun by Amedeo Maiuri under the Mussolini regime, which exposed about four hectares of the ancient city in the archaeological park that is visible today.

Pompeii

Ancient city located in what is now the comune of Pompei near Naples in the Campania region of Italy.

Settlement phases of Pompeii
red: 1st (Samnite) town
blue: 1st expansion, 4th c. BC
green: 2nd expansion
yellow: Roman expansion, from 89 BC

Greek Doric Temple (6th c BC) in Triangular Forum

City walls (6th c BC) south of the Nocera gate

Fresco depicting the fight in the amphitheatre between Pompeians and Nucerians

Pompeii and other cities affected by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The black cloud represents the general distribution of ash and cinder. Modern coast lines are shown.

Plan of Fontana's aqueduct through Pompeii

"Garden of the Fugitives". Plaster casts of victims still in situ; many casts are in the Archaeological Museum of Naples.

Via dell'Abbondanza, the main street in Pompeii

The buildings on the left show signs of decay due to the infestation of various plants, while the debris accumulating on the footpath indicates erosion of the infrastructure. The footpaths and road have also been worn down by pedestrian activity since excavation.

Portico in front of the entrance of the Macellum

Location of public baths and sports buildings

Karl Brullov, The Last Day of Pompeii (1830–1833)

Under the Etruscans a primitive forum or simple market square was built, as well as the Temple of Apollo, in both of which objects including fragments of bucchero were found by Maiuri.

A late 19th-century photo of the Flavian Amphitheater

Flavian Amphitheater (Pozzuoli)

Third-largest Roman amphitheater in Italy.

Maiuri, Amedeo. Studi e ricerche sull'Anfiteatro Flavio Puteolano. Napoli : G. Macchiaroli, 1955. (OCLC )

By Andrea del Castagno at the Uffizi Gallery

Cumaean Sibyl

The priestess presiding over the Apollonian oracle at Cumae, a Greek colony located near Naples, Italy.

By John Leech from The Comic History of Rome

By Domenico Zampieri known as Domenichino, (1581-1641) at the Borghese Gallery

By Giacomo Di Chirico from the comune of Venosa

The famous cave known as the "Antro della Sibilla" was discovered by Amedeo Maiuri in 1932, the identification of which he based on the description by Virgil in the 6th book of the Aeneid, and also from the description by an anonymous author known as pseudo-Justin.

Italian Numismatic Institute

Italian body for the study of numismatics, based in Palazzo Barberini at 13 via Quattro Fontane.

Amedeo Maiuri (from 1936).