Pompeii: The New Dig

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Pompeii’s director, Dr. Gabriel Zuchtriegel, reveals painted frescoes on black walls.

Volcanologist Professor Chris Jackson discovers evidence of the deadly pyroclastic flow.

In the wealthy house, archaeologist discovers two three-dimensional snakes.

The archaeologists discover expensive marble furniture in the atrium of the wealthy house.

Archaeologists in Pompeii begin to reconstruct an elaborate, intricately painted fresco.

Archaeologists begin to restore a fresco depicting the Greek myth of Achilles.

Professor Chris Jackson explains how Pompeiians might have survived the eruption of AD 79.

Professor Steven Tuck begins pioneering research looking for potential eruption survivors.

The archaeologists unearth a lavishly decorated fresco that looks like a pizza.

Professor Chris Jackson describes the warning signs in the hours before the eruption in AD 79.

Anthropologist Dr. Valeria Amoretti is carefully excavating the remains of two bodies.

Archaeologists begin excavating a previously untouched area of Pompeii called Insula 10.