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Pompeii caps daily visitors at 20,000 to combat overtourism

The archaeological park’s director, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, said visitors to the main site now exceeded an average of 15,000-20,000 every day, and the new daily cap would prevent the numbers from rising further FILE - Tourists walk through Pompeii near the Villa of Mysteries in Italy. AP Italy’s Pompeii has decided to limit the number of tourists to 20,000 a day …

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Visiting Pompeii this year? Know big changes on ticketing and tour access

Hindustan Times

The Pompeii archaeological park plans to limit visitor numbers to 20,000 a day and introduce personalised tickets starting next week in a bid to cope with over-tourism and protect the world heritage site, officials said Friday. Know big changes on ticketing and tour access The move comes after what authorities called a record summer that saw over 4 million people …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Another Italian tourist site brings in strict restrictions

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The park’s management is also trying to attract more tourists to visit other ancient sites connected to Pompeii by a …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Pompeii archaeological park sets daily visitors’ limit to combat over-tourism

Associated Press

ROME — The Pompeii archaeological park plans to limit visitor numbers to 20,000 a day and introduce personalized tickets starting next week in a bid to cope with over-tourism and protect the world heritage site, officials said Friday. The park’s director Gabriel Zuchtriegel said visitors to the main archaeological site now exceed an average of 15,000 to 20,000 every day, …

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4 months ago

Madonna will fund a youth art project to celebrate her 66th birthday

Associated Press

ROME — Madonna will fund an artistic project involving youths, she announced during her 66th birthday celebrations in Pompeii. While touring the Pompeii archeological park Friday with its director, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, the American pop star met a group of teenagers involved in “Sogno di Volare,” or “Dream of Flying.” As part of the project now in its fourth year, hundreds …

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1 year ago

Pompeii's ancient art of textile dyeing revived to show another side of life before eruption

The Hindu

A new project inside the Pompeii archaeological site is reviving ancient textile dyeing techniques to show another side of daily life before the city was destroyed by a volcano in A.D. 79 The inspiration comes from frescoes unearthed inside the archaeological site that show winged cupids dyeing cloth, gathering grapes for wine and making perfumes. Half of the profits from …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Pompeii discovery sheds light on life under slavery

Hindustan Times

The discovery of a small room in an ancient Roman villa near Pompeii has shed light on what life was like for those living under slavery. The bedroom was found at the Villa Civita Giuliana which lies a few hundred meters north of the walls of Pompeii which was destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Skeletons found in Pompeii ruins reveal deaths by earthquake – not just eruption of Mount Vesuvius

The Independent

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1 year, 11 months ago

Newly restored house in Pompeii offers glimpse of elite life

Associated Press

POMPEII, Italy — The newly restored remains of an opulent house in Pompeii that likely belonged to two former slaves who became rich through the wine trade offer visitors an exceptional peek at details of domestic life in the doomed Roman city. “The House of the Vetti is like the history of Pompeii and actually of Roman society within one …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Pompeii: Rebirth of Italy's dead city that nearly died again

India Today

In a few horrible hours, Pompeii was turned from a vibrant city into an ash-embalmed wasteland, smothered by a furious volcanic eruption in AD 79. Gabriel Zuchtriegel, an archaeologist who was appointed director general 10 months ago, likens Pompeii's rapid deterioration, starting in the 1970s, to “an airplane going down to the ground and really risking breaking” apart. “It was …

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Pompeii caps daily visitors at 20,000 to combat overtourism

Visiting Pompeii this year? Know big changes on ticketing and tour access

Another Italian tourist site brings in strict restrictions

Pompeii archaeological park sets daily visitors’ limit to combat over-tourism

Madonna will fund a youth art project to celebrate her 66th birthday

Pompeii's ancient art of textile dyeing revived to show another side of life before eruption

Pompeii discovery sheds light on life under slavery

Skeletons found in Pompeii ruins reveal deaths by earthquake – not just eruption of Mount Vesuvius

Newly restored house in Pompeii offers glimpse of elite life

Pompeii: Rebirth of Italy's dead city that nearly died again