A visit to the Antiquarium and archaeological site at Boscoreale - just a few miles north of Pompei
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For details, see:


__ http://www.pompeiisites.org/Sezione.jsp?titolo=la%20documentazione%20degli%20scavi&idSezione=769

__ http://www.pompeiisites.org/Sezione.jsp?titolo=men%27s%20baths%20%28vi,1%29&idSezione=1189

__ http://www.pompeiisites.org/Sezione.jsp?titolo=The+Antiquarium&idSezione=781
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Click on individual photos on this page to see a larger version - and, for some, a few notes!
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Sadly, the collection in the Antiquarium is missing the best of what was found nearby - amongst
the plunder carried away over the years...

- frescoes from a villa, said to be that of P. Fannius Synistor - long lost to American hands:
___ http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cubi/hd_cubi.htm

- much of the fabulous Boscoreale treasure, unearthed in 1895, is displayed at the Louvre, in Paris:
___ http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/boscoreale-treasure-0


April 2013 note... Some of the Boscoreale artefacts that do remain are currently "on loan" to London,
where they can be seen as part of this bumper exhibition - set to run until the end of September:

___ http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/pompeii_and_herculaneum.aspx

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On display during our visit was a collection of plaster casts of bodies found in the ruins of several
of the ancient Roman villas - all of whom had been buried alive during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius
in 79 AD. That exhibition eventually ended on 20 February 2011 - for some more details, see:

___ http://www.incampania.com/en/eventi.cfm?s=3&Info_ID=4983
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