Land (and tombs) outside the Porta Stabia may go up for sale, from La Repubblica (9/20/13).

This was a bit of my surprise with my morning coffee.  The tombs in question are two partially preserved monuments first excavated in 1999 (D’Ambrosio 2001-2, “Notizario: Ufficio Scavi di Pompei,” RStPomp 13:219-221 and D’Ambrosio 2003, RStPomp 14: 287-288).

http://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2013/09/20/news/pompei_necropoli_contesa_potrebbe_finire_all_asta_proprietaria_terreno_contro_sovrintendenza_mandato_per_vendita-66943097/?ref=HREC2-1

http://the-view-from-rome.blogautore.repubblica.it/2013/09/20/pompeii-tombs-for-sale/?ref=HREC2-1

Outreach in the environs of Vesuvius: jazz, wine, and mystery novels for kids

For those who are currently on the slopes of Vesuvius, there are a few events you might want to attend.

Continuing the profitable collaboration between the Pomigliano Jazz Festival and the Apolline Project, today at 4pm the Roman Baths in Pollena Trocchia will be open to the public. The event will be followed by a jazz concert (free of charge) in Villa Cappelli (a remarkable nobleman's house of the mid-18th century with a fake Roman ruin in the garden and a real Roman altar).

Similarly, next Saturday there will be a guided tour of the so-called Villa of Augustus in Somma Vesuviana, with particular emphasis on the wine cellar. The event will be followed by wine tasting with the local producer Cantine Olivella.

On Sunday, at 7pm the young kids of the school "Ascoltando i bambini" in Pollena Trocchia will meet Caroline Lawrence, the talented author of the Roman Mystery Novels. The students will recreate some of the key scenes of her book "The Secrets of Vesuvius" and will ask questions on the Roman cults. The event is organised by the Apolline Project.

More news coverage of Pompeii and a few more details about The Pompeii Sustainable Preservation Project

Last week a few further news articles were making the round in regards to the preservation and conservation needs of Pompeii. You can read about these in Italian here and in English here.

If you'd like more information about The Pompeii Sustainable Preservation Project, you'll find it here in German, English and Italian.

First Look!

of the Pompeii Movie!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLfQ9_WOnNc

Pompeii Teaser Trailer


Oh, its going to be an epic laugh for most of us but who else is looking forward to it!  I was a bit confused about the plaster cast people being there during the eruption...

PPRH field season in October

Public and Private in the Roman House  Project (a.k.a. PPRH) from the University of Helsinki
is arranging a field season in Campania from 14th to 31st of October. We'll be working mainly in Herculaneum (and especially in Casa del Tramezzo di Legno).
Please do come visit us!

White Trails of History

Recently, I have started my own homepage, where I am going to place results of almost all of my researches and interests. 

www.tschurilow.de

The Site is in two languages: Russian and German, however the content is not exactly the same. Unfortunately, I will be not in a position in the nearest future to make this Site also in English, if ever. Unluckily Luckily, for those people who doesn't speak Russian or German there is the Google-Translator, but be careful using it. 
Anyway you are welcome!
I hope you will enjoy.

Andreas