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Best Books about Pompeii

 

 

Plaster Casts at the Horrea and Olitorium
Plaster Cast from Pompeii
Background Information
Where to see them
Pompeii Antiquarium
Garden of the Fugitives
Stabian Thermal Baths
Horrea and Olitorium
Macellum
Villa of the Mysteries
Caupona Pherusa
House of the Four Styles
Region I
Porta Nocera
Boscoreale Antiquarium
Historical Information
Younger Pliny's letters
Seneca's describes AD 62 earthquake
Gautier short story about Pompeii

Early account of making plaster casts

Charles Dickens describes Pompeii
Mark Twain describes Pompeii
William Dean Howells describes Pompeii
WW2 bombing of Pompeii
Visiting Pompeii and vicinity
visiting Pompeii
visiting Herculaneum
visiting Mt. Vesuvius
Further Information
books about Pompeii
touring Pompeii exhibitions
websites about Pompeii

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Horrea and Olitorium are highlighted in red on the map

The Horrea and Olitorium were a grain warehouse (horrea) and a grain market (olitorium). They are located on the western side of the forum. 

These days this sheltered area is used to store many of the less valuable treasures (wine jugs, columns, statuary) that have been recovered at Pompeii. 

But throughout the Horrea and Olitorium visitors can see plaster casts of people and animals. 

One of the more famous casts, this man's remains were found in the palestra

One of the earliest plaster casts (see the page onthe Antiquarium), this woman's remains are now warehoused in the Horrea

The other famous plaster cast: the dog from the house of Vesonius Primus; the original is on display at the Boscoreale Antiquarium

An early plaster cast

Another plaster cast

For more information about the plaster casts of Pompeii, read Bodies from the Ash: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii

 

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