The true story of Pompeii, the buried Roman city

2024-03-27T15:10:47.339Z

Highlights: How were the remains of Pompeii discovered? What are the conservation issues for this exceptional archaeological site? Did Pompeii reveal all its secrets? To talk about it, Stéphane Bern receives William Van Andringa, archaeologist at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Études, who has been carrying out excavations in Pompeii for 30 years. Historically Yours is produced by Loic Vimard, Benjamin Delsol, Pierre-Vincent Letourneau and Armelle Thiberge.

Stéphane Bern describes, while new frescoes of great value were discovered there a few weeks ago, an ancient city submerged under meters of ashes and stones spat out by a volcano, Vesuvius. Or the true history of Pompeii, the buried Roman city... How were the remains of Pompeii discovered? What are the conservation issues for this exceptional archaeological site? Did Pompeii reveal all its secrets? To talk about it, Stéphane Bern receives William Van Andringa, archaeologist at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Études, who has been carrying out excavations in Pompeii for 30 years.