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Baiae, the Atlantis of Rome
Movie 2022

Baiae, the Atlantis of Rome

With an area three times larger than Pompeii, Baia, about 15 km from Naples and within the volcanic area of the Phlegraean fields, is the largest underwater archaeological site in the world. In 100 BC Pompeii is an ordinary city of small traders crouched on the slopes of Mt. Vesuvius, while Baia gains a peculiar reputation: it gradually becomes the ancient Las Vegas or Monte Carlo of the Roman Empire, a real posh center for noble gens and the powerful . Nestled in the center of the Gulf of Pozzuoli, Baia is flanked on one side by the port of Puteoli (ancient Pozzuoli) and on the other by the port of Capo Miseno.

Bettany Hughes' Voices of the Dead
TV Show 2022

Bettany Hughes' Voices of the Dead

A forensic dig into history's most enduring mysteries. In Voices of the Dead, Professor Bettany Hughes leads a forensic investigation into some of the most enduring mysteries of the ancient world and brings viewers face-to-face with the extraordinary people of the past she unearths along the way.

The Lost Scrolls of Vesuvius
0h 45m
Movie 2023

The Lost Scrolls of Vesuvius

Professor Alice Roberts uncovers the science being used by computer scientist Professor Brent Seales as he utilises cutting-edge technology to read hundreds of carbonised scrolls that were buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year 79 AD.

Pompeii's Final Hours: New Evidence
0h 45m
TV Show 2018

Pompeii's Final Hours: New Evidence

Exploring life in Pompeii during the final days of the doomed city.

Pompeii
0h 45m
TV Show 2007

Pompeii

Forbidden love blossoms in the city of Pompeii, which until the eruption of volcano Vesuvius in 79 AD, is one of the empire's most powerful cities.

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