Pompeii / written and illustrated by Peter Connolly.

Main entry:

Connolly, Peter, 1935-2012, author, illustrator.

Title & Author:

Pompeii / written and illustrated by Peter Connolly.

Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1990.

Description:

77 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm.

Series:

Rebuilding the past

Notes:
Includes index.
The disaster -- Vesuvius -- Discovery and excavation -- Aerial view of the excavations -- The town and its history -- The forum -- The streets and water supply -- People and accommodation -- Inside the insula -- Houses -- Construction and decoration -- The entrance -- The reception rooms 1: the atrium -- The reception rooms 2: the tablinum -- The kitchen and toilet -- The dining room -- Dinner parties -- The bedrooms -- Furniture, lighting and heating -- The garden -- Private baths -- The street -- The commercial life of Pompeii -- The shops -- Bars and taverns -- The bakers -- The fullers and launderers -- The public baths 1 -- The public baths 2 -- The public baths 3 -- The theatre -- The amphitheatre -- In the arena.

Summary:

Describes the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii in 79 A.D. and the rediscovery and subsequent excavation of this buried city.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0199171580 (pbk.)
9780199171583 (pbk.)
0199171599 (hardback)
9780199171590 (hardback)

Subject:

Excavations (Archaeology) Italy Pompeii (Extinct city) Juvenile literature.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Fouilles (Archéologie) Italie Pompéi (Ville ancienne) Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
History studies.
Classics education.
Ancient history.
European history.
Social history.
Secondary education.
Educational resources.
Lehr- und Lernressource
Pompeii (Extinct city) Juvenile literature.
Pompeii (Extinct city)
Pompeii (Extinct city) Social life and customs.
Pompéi (Ville ancienne) Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Italy Pompeii (Extinct city)
Pompeji
Italy Pompeii Social life

Form/genre:

Literature
Juvenile works
Littérature.

Added entries:

Rebuilding the past.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 74897
Call No.: ID:92-B2338
Status: Available

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