World History and Culture: Exhibition “Revived from Ashes. Masterpieces of Pompeii and Herculaneum” from the collections of Italian museums mounted at the State Hermitage Museum

A new exhibition “Revived from Ashes. Masterpieces of Pompeii and Herculaneum” from the collections of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli) and the Archaeological Park of Pompeii (Parco Archeologico di Pompei), Italy was mounted on November 17 in the Roman Courtyard of the New Hermitage (The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg). The exhibition will be open until March 24, 2019.   

In the spotlight is a great archaeological discovery of the world-famous ancient Roman cities -  Pompeii and Herculaneum, which were destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.