The Buried City: Unearthing the Real Pompeii
Autor Gabriel Zuchtriegel Traducere de Jamie Bullochen Limba Engleză Hardback – 7 mai 2025
In The Buried City, Gabriel Zuchtriegel takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of Pompeii and reveals new archaeological finds that are being unearthed at the site’s biggest dig in a generation. As director of the Pompeii Archaeological Park, Zuchtriegel presents a uniquely intimate perspective on this city that was tragically destroyed and frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. Among the ruins, we find unmade beds, dishes left drying, and bodies of victims encased in ash, but Zuchtriegel shows that we’ve only begun to understand this fascinating place, as a third of the site remains unexcavated.
Zuchtriegel leads us into the heart of the city, reconstructing Pompeii as it would have been, showing us who lived there, what mattered to them, and what happened in their final hours. The Buried City reveals the latest discoveries unearthed at Pompeii—including a banquet hall with murals of Greek gods, a fresco of what appears to be a pizza, and the remains of individuals crushed by debris—all buried for almost two thousand years. Zuchtriegel offers a vivid portrait of this World Heritage site as a vibrant and diverse city, connecting us to a past that is much closer than we think and inviting us to reflect on our role as keepers of the site and its history.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780226839608
ISBN-10: 0226839605
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 53 color plates, 1 halftone
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10: 0226839605
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 53 color plates, 1 halftone
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
Notă biografică
Gabriel Zuchtriegel is director of the Pompeii Archaeological Park. Prior to being appointed to oversee Pompeii in 2021, he was director of the archaeological parks of Paestum and Velia, both UNESCO World Heritage sites. Zuchtriegel is the author of numerous articles and books, including Colonization and Subalternity in Classical Greece and The Making of the Doric Temple. Jamie Bulloch has translated over fifty titles from German, including works by Arno Geiger, Robert Menasse, Birgit Vanderbeke, Daniela Krien, and Sebastian Fitzek. He has twice won the Schlegel-Tieck prize and is also the author of Karl Renner: Austria. Jamie lives in London with his wife and three daughters.
Cuprins
Map of Pompeii
Introduction: Risks and side-effects
1 What is it about classical art?
2 Captivating rituals
3 A city on the verge of catastrophe
4 What counts in the end
5 Life goes on
Afterword
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index
Introduction: Risks and side-effects
1 What is it about classical art?
2 Captivating rituals
3 A city on the verge of catastrophe
4 What counts in the end
5 Life goes on
Afterword
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index
Recenzii
"This is not just the best book on Pompeii I’ve ever read—it’s the best book on the glorious realities of archaeology itself. Zuchtriegel will surely inspire a whole new generation in the field with his blend of knowledge, experience and boundless passion. For this reader . . . well, it has left me panting to revisit Pompeii with the new, excited eyes that this magnificent book has given me.”
"In The Buried City, the director of the archaeological park brings a more humane and soulful version of the site to life. . . . One of the most interesting components of Zuchtriegel’s writing is that it grants us a peek behind the curtain of the internal politics of running one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. . . . Refreshingly, Zuchtriegel focuses on the everyday lives of both the archaeologists and staff working at the site today and those who died there in the eruption of 79 CE through accessible language. He brings readers into topics of contemporary academic debates, such as the size of the city’s population, and translates inscriptions and unearthed tablets."
"Tales of significant discoveries, like that of the so-called slave room, form only one skein of Mr. Zuchtriegel’s braid. He also weaves in accounts of his own education and early career—a portrait of the archaeologist as a young man. He speaks candidly of 'the urge to rebel' that led him to challenge scholarly orthodoxies such as prevailing interpretations of Hermaphroditus, a mythological figure combining features of male and female anatomy. He extols several mentors who fostered his ‘revolt against the establishment’ of classical archaeology and laments the solipsism of his other colleagues. The self-congratulatory tone might be grating if it did not come from a genuine wunderkind."
“Zuchtriegel (director, Pompeii Archaeological Park) entwines personal history and philosophy with classics, the arts, and popular culture, addressing Pompeii in 79 CE. . . . Recommended.”
"[In] this enthralling and handsomely produced account by the director of the Pompeii Archaeological Park, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, we learn who lived there, how they went about their days and nights, and about their final hours. A third of the site remains unexcavated, so there is still much to learn beyond the ruins that have already given us unmade beds, dishes left drying, and bodies encased in ash. The reader can ask for no better guide to the emotional pull of Pompeii than this author."
"The Buried City is about more than just the city that died in AD 79 when Mount Vesuvius erupted and engulfed streets and temples and houses in ash punctuated by shock waves of intense heat; it’s also about the disciplines of archeology and reconstruction that are slowly, painstakingly unearthing the preserved remains. Zuchtriegel as a narrator is present on almost every page in the first person, which separates his book from the small library of titles dedicated to Pompeii. . . . Thanks to Zuchtriegel’s storytelling energy, the most famous dead city in the world feels alive and teeming with activity."
"The Buried City is no conventional history of Pompeii—though Zuchtriegel covers the basics for the uninitiated. Rather, it is a justification for the kind of work carried out at the site and an opportunity to pose modern questions against a classical context . . . In Bulloch's excellent translation, the part-history, part-memoir is spirited and genial, evoking the everyday life of a city that has miraculously stood the test of time."
“A brilliant book! A learned guide to life in Pompeii both in the Roman past and the twenty-first century, deftly weaving the ancient with the modern, the personal with the historical. The end result is a fascinating, affable, and constantly illuminating exploration of Pompeii as an idea and as an archaeological site but also as a home for thousands of Roman people from all walks of life.”
“Zuchtriegel has brought us an experimental, personal, moving, engaging account of Pompeii. He courageously shows that archaeology is not a dry science, but rather one driven by the personal experience and passions of the archeologist. This book reveals the excitement of new excavations at Pompeii while serving as a deeply personal testament to Zuchtriegel’s background and upbringing, his love of music, his path to becoming an archaeologist.”
“The Buried City tells the story of Zuchtriegel’s memorable personal journey to taking charge at Pompeii, along the way revealing how he’s righting the wrongs of his predecessors and presiding over the new and remarkable discoveries at this greatest of archaeological sites.”
“A thoughtful, revelatory and above all deeply human account of life—and death—by the director of the most awe-inspiring archaeological site on the planet. Zuchtriegel describes the realities of his profession with such honesty and verve.”
“Zuchtriegel makes the familiar magical. He challenges us to transform our relationship with the past, and shows us a new, far more satisfying, way to think about Pompeii and its people.”
“Fantastic! Hugely informative, clever, thoughtful and playful (like all my favorite archeologists).”
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**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POMPEII**
'The best book on Pompeii I've ever read' STEPHEN FRY
'An essential read for anyone interested in this extraordinary place' TELEGRAPH
'Brilliant' TOM HOLLAND
A vast area of Pompeii is being excavated for the first time, revealing astonishing insights into how people really lived. In this revelatory new history, Director of Pompeii Gabriel Zuchtriegel shares the untold stories that are at last emerging.
Pompeii is a world frozen in time. There are unmade beds, dishes left drying, tools abandoned by workmen, bodies embracing with love and fear. And alongside the remnants of everyday life, there are captivating works of art: lifelike portraits, exquisite frescos and mosaics, and the extraordinary sculpture of a sleeping boy, curled up under a blanket that's too small.
The Buried City reconstructs the catastrophe that destroyed Pompeii on 24 August 79 CE, but it also offers a behind-the-scenes tour of the city as it was before: who lived here, what mattered to them, and what happened in their final hours. It offers us a vivid sense of Pompeii's continuing relevance, and proves that ancient history is much closer to us than we think.
'A fascinating new book about what we are still learning about this most haunting of all lost cities... deeply moving' MAIL ON SUNDAY
'Makes the familiar magical' DAN SNOW
**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POMPEII**
'The best book on Pompeii I've ever read' STEPHEN FRY
'An essential read for anyone interested in this extraordinary place' TELEGRAPH
'Brilliant' TOM HOLLAND
A vast area of Pompeii is being excavated for the first time, revealing astonishing insights into how people really lived. In this revelatory new history, Director of Pompeii Gabriel Zuchtriegel shares the untold stories that are at last emerging.
Pompeii is a world frozen in time. There are unmade beds, dishes left drying, tools abandoned by workmen, bodies embracing with love and fear. And alongside the remnants of everyday life, there are captivating works of art: lifelike portraits, exquisite frescos and mosaics, and the extraordinary sculpture of a sleeping boy, curled up under a blanket that's too small.
The Buried City reconstructs the catastrophe that destroyed Pompeii on 24 August 79 CE, but it also offers a behind-the-scenes tour of the city as it was before: who lived here, what mattered to them, and what happened in their final hours. It offers us a vivid sense of Pompeii's continuing relevance, and proves that ancient history is much closer to us than we think.
'A fascinating new book about what we are still learning about this most haunting of all lost cities... deeply moving' MAIL ON SUNDAY
'Makes the familiar magical' DAN SNOW