Professor Diane Conlin: Pompeii Uncovered
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
7 pm
Canyon Theatre, Boulder Public Library
1001 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, Colorado
The remains of the town of Pompeii and the other Roman settlements near Mount Vesuvius were not hermetically sealed under meters of volcanic debris in 79 A.D, waiting undisturbed until the systematic excavations of the last hundred years. On the contrary, countless generations of treasure hunters, art collectors, antiquarians, thieves and “archaeologists” tunneled through the volcanic layers to uncover, remove and even occasionally destroy the ruins of these Roman towns and villas. Professor Diane Conlin, a distinguished archaeologist and art historian of ancient Rome, will discuss the history of these early explorations with special attention to the fascinating activities of the 18th and early 19th centuries. The lecture will conclude with a review of the scientific advancements in archaeological method applied in the mid-19th century by the Neapolitan archaeologist and director of excavations at Pompeii, Giuseppe Fiorelli.
This free public lecture is presented by the Department of Classics at the University of Colorado at Boulder and supported by a generous contribution by Mary E.V. McClanahan.
7 pm
Canyon Theatre, Boulder Public Library
1001 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, Colorado
The remains of the town of Pompeii and the other Roman settlements near Mount Vesuvius were not hermetically sealed under meters of volcanic debris in 79 A.D, waiting undisturbed until the systematic excavations of the last hundred years. On the contrary, countless generations of treasure hunters, art collectors, antiquarians, thieves and “archaeologists” tunneled through the volcanic layers to uncover, remove and even occasionally destroy the ruins of these Roman towns and villas. Professor Diane Conlin, a distinguished archaeologist and art historian of ancient Rome, will discuss the history of these early explorations with special attention to the fascinating activities of the 18th and early 19th centuries. The lecture will conclude with a review of the scientific advancements in archaeological method applied in the mid-19th century by the Neapolitan archaeologist and director of excavations at Pompeii, Giuseppe Fiorelli.
This free public lecture is presented by the Department of Classics at the University of Colorado at Boulder and supported by a generous contribution by Mary E.V. McClanahan.
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