Pompeii and Herculaneum

Who led the Herculaneum Conservation Project?

• Giuseppe Fiorelli

• Amadeo Maiuri

• Andrew Wallace-Hadrill

• Mary Beard

The house of the faun is a great example of...?

• Key features of some private houses in Pompeii

• Social structure

• Greek influence in Pompeii

• The power of women in Pompeii and Herculaneum

The Villa of the papyri is located in...?

• Pompeii

• Herculaneum

• Oplontus

• Misenum

Who worked on the skeletons at Herculaneum?

• Estelle Lazer

• Sarah Bisel

• Vittoria Spinazzolla

• Rigatoni

Identify one of the most significant changes made by the HCP

• They employed falcons to stop pigeons

• They excavated the Villa of the Papyri

• They reconstructed the house of the Faun

• They reopened the sewage system

Who was the 'amazon woman'?

• A priestess in Pompeii

• A woman who owned an inn

• a colored marble bust found in Herculaneum

• Mary Beard

Why is the date of the eruption challenged?

• Clothing suggests it was almost winter

• A charcoal inscription mentions the 'Calends of October'

• Plant remains indicate it was almost winter

• Pliny is a liar

What is the 'philodemus project' doing?

• documenting streets in Pompeii

• Conserving Herculaneum

• Studying coprolites in Herculaneum

• reading the carbonised Papyri scrolls

The Lady of Oplontus is a perfect example of...

• How women could have a political role

• The use of new technologies to examine the past

• Fiorelli's plaster cast system.

• The use of Auto CAD to reconstruct the past

The Via Del'Abondanza Project focused on...

• Restoring the house of Caecilius Jucundus

• Examining the plan remains at Pompeii

• Restoring the fresco of Neptune and Amphitrite

• Photo documenting the facades of the main thoroughfare through Pompeii