Villa of the Mysteries dress

This fabulous dress based on the Villa of the Mysteries frescoes is discussed in a new post at A Don's Life.

Blogging other blogs

We've got into a vicious blogging circle!

Mary Beard's latest post for A Don's Life mentions her recent visit to Herculaneum's sewers (sorry that I gave the game away Mary!)

Blogging the BBC

Just spotted filming on location: Mary Beard and Andrew Wallace-Hadrill with the production company Lion TV.

Well, hardly spotted as I was helping make sure that things worked out for them at Herculaneum, but couldn't resist blogging about a fellow blogger. You can follow Mary's time filming in the Vesuvian area all this week on her blog A Don's Life, and the BBC should be showing the new documentary in late autumn in the UK at least.

At least one of the programme's themes seems to be toilets in the Roman world, which explains these photos of the team descending into Herculaneum's largest sewer. Other highlights include Andrew and Mary reenacting how to use a double latrine...

It's a Don's Life at Pompeii

Mary Beard has been spotted on a recce with the BBC for the (ennesimo) documentary on Pompeii and the Vesuvian sites.
All confirmed by her blog this morning on the new "restaurant" within the archaeological site...