constituted the social fabric of 1st-century AD Pompeii: the majority of the population

A historic discovery recounted in this volume—rich with previously unpublished images—by the protagonists of the discovery itself

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An unprecedented comparison between two founding myths of universal culture

Reproduction of a detail of the megalograph of the Villa of the Mysteries

Pompei e Santorini. L'eternità constituted the social fabric ofThe twisting, swirling lava flows that solidified around the crater's mouth offer a terrifying spectacle. They present themselves to the eyes and not only to the imagination like snakes, crocodiles, sphinxes, as if those fabulous monsters had come to life, with which the childhood dreams of the first men populated the chaos" (Friedrich Hebbel, 1845). Akrotiri and Pompeii display the tragic eternity of a common destiny: two 'total' eruptions, more than