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(birds cawing)
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Pompeii, 79 AD.
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The inhabitants of this small Roman resort don't know
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what's about to hit them.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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Nearby, Mount Vesuvius is about to blow.
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(rumbling)
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2,000 years later, Pompeii has become
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the most important archeological site in Europe.
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Four million tourists flock there every year.
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The forgotten city was rediscovered in 1748.
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Since then, it has been cleaned up
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and many buildings have been restored,
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revealing to the world the most incredible vestiges
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of the Roman era.
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However, preserving the site is so expensive
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and so complicated that no significant excavation
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has taken place since the 1950s.
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In 2010, the collapse of the gladiators' barracks
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drew the world's attention
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to the degraded condition of Pompeii.
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Water saturation in the unexcavated sections threatened
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to push over adjacent buildings,
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jeopardizing this historic site.
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So the European community and the Italian government
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have released 105 million euros, $115 million,
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to save the city.
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This is the great Pompeii project.
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I'm Massimo Osanna,
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the director of the Pompeii archeological park,
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and I'm about to experience the most intense moment
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of my career.
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I will be leading the greatest archeological excavations
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of Pompeii in 70 years.
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We're going to uncover two houses
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and all the wonders they contain.
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A charcoal inscription could perhaps call into question
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the date of the eruption.
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There are undoubtedly victims buried
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under the volcanic layers.
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Who were these people?
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How did they live?
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How did they die?
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(speaking in foreign language)
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For the past two years,
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this story has haunted and thrilled me.
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The story I'm going to tell you is
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about the neighborhood hidden under this triangle of land.
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We're going to completely clear
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and excavate this fragile 2,000 square meter area
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to protect the Pompeii site from water infiltration.
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First of all, we need to define the excavation program
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with the archeologists,
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who will supervise the field operations.
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I'm accompanied by Marco Fabbri, who leads the team,
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Teresa Virtuoso, and Federica Zabotti,
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each of them responsible for an excavation area.
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It's extraordinary.
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Underneath our feet, there is an ancient city,
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a piece of Pompeii never excavated before,
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with streets, houses, objects.
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There are probably also victims down there,
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people who could not escape the eruption of Vesuvius.
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We're all aware
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that this mission will be a thrilling adventure.
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(dramatic music)
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Spring 2018.
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Rescue archeology started a few months ago
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and the vegetation covering the site has been cleared.
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We must build embankments
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with a slope of approximately 35 degrees
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along more than two kilometers, which is over a mile.
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The idea is to reduce the soil pressure
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against the structures, facilitating the flow of water.
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The first discoveries appear on these slopes,
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where we find sections of houses with decorations.
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In one of them, we've just found a domestic altar,
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a lararium surrounded by spectacular paintings.
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Hello.
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Wow.
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Teresa, it's fantastic.
Hello.
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Fantastic, truly magnificent.
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Unbelievable.
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There's actually a symmetry,
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the lararium with the two lares and the lamp.
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Snakes, these beneficial demons,
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which along with the eggs
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and the pine cone provide protection and fertility,
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and below the peacock, which is a sacred animal.
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So it's really a little family sanctuary with the altar.
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And here, there are still traces of the right.
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There are traces of burning.
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They clearly made a sacrifice shortly before.
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A sacrifice, and around there are ashes.
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So it's a trace of the last days,
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even in terms of worship.
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On the other hand, here there's a hunting scene
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and the forces of good triumph over the forces of evil.
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Beginning of summer 2018.
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The archeologists are to begin the excavation.
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We're eager to discover this district
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and we have nine months ahead of us.
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Two important houses have been located.
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The first one has been called the House of the Garden,
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recognizable by its columns.
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And the second one, the House of Jupiter,
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with colored plaster rectangles.
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The two houses are close to each other,
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on either side of a small street
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that runs alongside the enormous garden
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of the House of the Silver Wedding,
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one of the largest and richest houses in Pompeii,
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restored during the excavations of 1892.
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We've just cleared part of this alley
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and here is the first surprise.
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An intact stratigraphy appears.
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It reveals the different layers of volcanic material
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with a thickness of four to five meters,
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or just over 13 to 16 feet,
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that were deposited in the street in less than 24 hours.
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We remove tons of lapilli.
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These are the famous pumice stones produced
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by the volcanic rain of Vesuvius.
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Claudio Scarpati is our volcanologist.
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It's the first time he's been able
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to observe the different volcanic layers over a large area.
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During this excavation,
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we can touch the volcanic matter and study it directly.
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All these small, clear pumice stones emerged from Vesuvius
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on the morning of August the 24th, 79 AD,
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and piled up here on the street as you can see.
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We've calculated the rate of accumulation
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of these pumice stones during the eruption.
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In Pompeii, it was about 15 centimeters per hour.
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That means one hour later, there were 15, then 30,
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and after four hours 60 centimeters, and so on.
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Just imagine that 2,000 years ago, in a crater like this,
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you could see an eruption column 32 kilometers high.
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That is 30 times the height of this volcano.
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The material of the eruption fell south,
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covering first the entire city
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with a lapilli layer of about three meters.
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And then the eruption column collapsed on itself.
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All the material, all the mixture of gases, ashes,
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pumice stones fell to the ground
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and spilled down the slopes,
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forming what we call pyroclastic flow.
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This pyroclastic flow finally reached Pompeii
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and devastated the city.
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Thousands of people died in Pompeii
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during the different phases of the eruption.
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For this reason, it's a unique place in the world
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where you can directly observe the effects
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of an explosive eruption in the center of a city.
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(rumbling)
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During the excavations of 1950,
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these bodies were found.
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They remain a strong image of Pompeii.
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A century ago, the site director Giuseppe Fiorelli
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had the brilliant idea of taking plaster casts
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from the cavities left by the bodies in the volcanic matter.
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It may be possible to make casts, plaster casts like these.
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The cavity left by the decomposed body must be intact
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and the imprint left by the body in the hardened ash
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of the pyroclastic flow must be complete.
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Without these conditions,
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it's impossible to make the plaster flow into the cavity
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and reproduce the body's shape at the time of death.
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I hope we get lucky and find these kinds of intact cavities
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but today the press have arrived
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to document our first great discovery.
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(upbeat music)
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Here is the latest dramatic discovery
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made in Pompeii.
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The skeleton that was found
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during the excavations started a few months ago
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in zone five is still there,
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in exactly the same position as it was 2,000 years ago
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when Pompeii was buried.
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In addition, there is a context
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around the skeleton.
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There's everything that the pyroclastic flow carried,
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so we see here the power, the tragedy.
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There are probably tree branches, pieces of collapsed walls.
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Here's the skull,
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the face of our individual.
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In the laboratory,
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anthropologist Valeria Amoretti reconstructs
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the first skeleton found on the street in our neighborhood.
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Unfortunately, we were unable to take a plaster cast.
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Will we be able to work out who this man was?
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It's impressive.
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I remember that during the search, his mouth was open.
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So now he's being reconstructed.
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Yes.
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A more or less anatomical reconstruction, yes.
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It's fundamental for us
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to understand the causes of death
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and what prevented him from fleeing.
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And of course, to know more about him.
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What do we know?
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For the moment, the biological data.
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A male adult, 40 to 45 years old.
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Height, one meter 72.
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Having seen the orientation of the body,
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I think this man was trying to escape on the lapilli layer.
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Was he a resident?
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Next to the skeleton, we found coins
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and the remains of a leather purse.
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He only had a purse
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with a handful of bronze and silver coins,
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which corresponds just under half the salary
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of a middle-class family.
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It's as if he had 700 euros on him.
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And so...
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The day's earning, or what else,
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we'll never know.
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Indeed.
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Valeria, do you remember during the search,
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we said to each other there were traces
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of abnormalities on his tibia?
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In the beginning, we even thought he was limping
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or having some difficulties.
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Maybe that means he was delayed in running away
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because of difficulties in mobility.
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Show me.
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In fact, we find traces of a pathology
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which is precisely highlighted by this porosity.
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We even find a hypertrophic tibial shaft.
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If our fugitive had a problem with his leg,
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that means maybe he was limping, his purse in hand.
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(slow music)
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A few hours later, a new clue appears.
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We found on the street the remains of several balconies.
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One of these balconies is right next
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to the place where the skeleton was found.
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These pumice stones began to fill the streets
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and by night they had already blocked the doors.
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So the victim was fleeing from the second floor.
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We found his body up there, almost three meters
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or nine feet high above the ground.
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That means he escaped from the second floor,
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through one of the balconies of these houses,
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which was the only way out.
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One of the innovations of this excavation is
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that we carry out a photogrammetric study of each layer
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and each object we find.
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It allows us to reproduce 3D models
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of all the elements we discover.
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So I decide to ask Francesca,
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who's in charge of the surveys,
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to show us the 3D model of the skeleton in place
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and to match it with the location of the balcony.
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The link between the skeleton
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and the balcony seems pretty obvious to me.
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Because this is the balcony,
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this is the corner of the house,
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and therefore it's possible that he fled in this direction,
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went out on the balcony, climbed out that direction,
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and walked out onto the lapilli area,
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where he was finally swept away.
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Here, we can see very clearly the connection
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between the balcony and the skeleton.
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Let's resume.
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Our fugitive was therefore in a room
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on the second floor of the houses.
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He was probably waiting for the right moment
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to leave with his savings.
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Around 6:00 a.m., the lapilli rain stopped.
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However, the real danger was unforeseeable.
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(rumbling)
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(man screams)
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Federica is trained to identify the last waves
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of pyroclastic flow in the houses.
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These flows have solidified like thick layers of cement.
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The intact parts have protected
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very important archeological evidence.
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And above all, it's in these volcanic layers
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that we can find victims.
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However, very soon we have an unpleasant surprise.
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We found a small hole.
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And looters probably came to this site,
285
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removed the hardened flow, crossed this wall,
286
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and entered this other room.
287
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Then they branched off and continued in that direction.
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Previous digging has compromised the layer.
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You can see the holes in the walls made by the looters.
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(speaking in foreign language)
291
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Unfortunately, the site has been altered
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by various activities after 79 AD.
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We can date these interventions
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between the periods of the Bourbons and the French reign.
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That is, between the end of the 18th
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and the beginning of the 19th centuries.
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And as you can see, there are holes in the wall
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that show us the presence of tunnels
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that were dug to locate objects,
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pieces of frescoes of great value.
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Since the eruption,
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Pompeii has been a vast hunting ground
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for several generations of excavators,
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authorized or clandestine,
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who have dug trenches and tunnels.
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The two houses have probably been emptied
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of their valuables.
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Right now, we fear that we won't find much.
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It would be a disappointment for the whole team.
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(slow music)
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Despite the looting, the excavation in the House of Jupiter
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reveals some interesting things.
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The decoration of the atrium and the large central hall
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with these painted plaster blocks mimic the colored marble
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that belongs to the first Pompeiian style.
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It means it's an old house,
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built about 250 years before the eruption.
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The owner probably wanted to keep the original style
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of his house.
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For now, we have no clues about his identity.
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It's an amphora with a pretty handle.
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Another saucepan.
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This is for cooking.
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Finally, the first objects
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of everyday life in the House of Jupiter appear
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in the middle of the lapilli.
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Federica and Eliana discover many dishes
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and vases of very fine quality.
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Oddly, all the dishes were stored on the floor
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in one of the rooms.
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Why?
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Was the house inhabited?
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Had they collected all of these items in this room
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to renovate the rest of the house?
335
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It's a mystery.
336
00:20:20,710 --> 00:20:22,810
Enrico is taking out the vases
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and two boxes must be taken up there.
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Take them one by one.
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The found objects are taken
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to a warehouse close to the excavation site,
341
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where archeologists Alessandro
342
00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:41,970
and Lia reassemble the pieces,
343
00:20:41,970 --> 00:20:44,593
clean, and catalog them with extreme precision.
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These are important clues
345
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to understanding the function of the rooms,
346
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the history of the house, and the identity of the owners.
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Each object is compared to those already indexed
348
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in the books.
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It's a lenticular bottle.
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Today they also received a bronze door lock
351
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with its key.
352
00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:20,783
There it is, that's it.
353
00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:23,370
The lock stop was in the middle.
354
00:21:23,370 --> 00:21:24,890
There's also the plate.
355
00:21:24,890 --> 00:21:26,288
Did you see it?
356
00:21:26,288 --> 00:21:28,353
It's the first time we find a plate.
357
00:21:30,930 --> 00:21:33,000
After that, the objects are taken
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to the restoration laboratory.
359
00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,010
Today, we're taking the beautiful dishes
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00:21:38,010 --> 00:21:39,510
of the House of Jupiter there.
361
00:21:47,172 --> 00:21:51,230
(speaking in foreign language)
362
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Is it the same trademark?
363
00:21:52,730 --> 00:21:53,563
Yes.
364
00:21:53,563 --> 00:21:54,440
It has a foot shape.
365
00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:55,300
What do you think?
366
00:21:55,300 --> 00:21:56,661
Yes, we call it
367
00:21:56,661 --> 00:21:58,030
(speaking in foreign language) in Latin.
368
00:21:58,030 --> 00:21:59,420
It's wonderful.
369
00:21:59,420 --> 00:22:01,670
It contains the name of the manufacturer.
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00:22:01,670 --> 00:22:05,070
It was a very common practice in the first century AD.
371
00:22:05,070 --> 00:22:06,700
It's a small setting.
372
00:22:06,700 --> 00:22:09,490
There's the dish, the bowl plate, the flat plate,
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00:22:09,490 --> 00:22:12,143
the gravy boat, and here's a cup.
374
00:22:28,410 --> 00:22:30,143
Oh look, there's the weight there.
375
00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:35,665
Magnificent.
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00:22:35,665 --> 00:22:36,498
There you go.
377
00:22:36,498 --> 00:22:38,250
With a weight half a kilo.
378
00:22:38,250 --> 00:22:40,090
Fantastic.
379
00:22:40,090 --> 00:22:41,863
Look at this wonder.
380
00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:47,740
This scale is superb.
381
00:22:47,740 --> 00:22:48,573
Teresa?
382
00:22:48,573 --> 00:22:49,406
Yes?
383
00:22:49,406 --> 00:22:50,239
Did you see this?
384
00:22:50,239 --> 00:22:51,800
Yes, very, very pretty.
385
00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:53,200
It's a pair of tweezers.
386
00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:54,790
They're the same as ours.
387
00:22:54,790 --> 00:22:56,240
Yes, but much larger.
388
00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:58,550
It's the same, the same.
389
00:22:58,550 --> 00:22:59,853
And it works.
390
00:23:06,860 --> 00:23:08,710
Look.
391
00:23:08,710 --> 00:23:10,750
There's still a trace of the feet on top,
392
00:23:10,750 --> 00:23:13,433
so I imagine there was a statue in this place.
393
00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:19,180
The feet of a small statue here,
394
00:23:19,180 --> 00:23:21,593
tweezers, a precision scale.
395
00:23:22,790 --> 00:23:24,450
Who's the owner of the House of Jupiter
396
00:23:24,450 --> 00:23:26,053
with such particular tastes?
397
00:23:27,990 --> 00:23:30,340
He liked the colorful frescoes of another time,
398
00:23:31,450 --> 00:23:33,013
probably someone cultivated.
399
00:23:36,350 --> 00:23:38,400
What could this scale have been used for?
400
00:23:43,210 --> 00:23:45,290
Here there is a 30 or a three.
401
00:23:45,290 --> 00:23:47,120
No, it's a 30.
402
00:23:47,120 --> 00:23:51,720
Here are five, a 20, a five, and a 10.
403
00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:52,553
It's heavy.
404
00:23:53,980 --> 00:23:57,130
In fact, it is a scale to measure small weights.
405
00:23:57,130 --> 00:23:59,120
It could have belonged to a perfumer
406
00:23:59,120 --> 00:24:02,723
but we're not going to say anything we're not sure of.
407
00:24:04,820 --> 00:24:06,520
Do you see there are even pincers,
408
00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,020
which in fact is a tool.
409
00:24:08,020 --> 00:24:10,020
A precision tool.
410
00:24:10,020 --> 00:24:12,233
It could be used to pick up granules.
411
00:24:13,290 --> 00:24:15,430
Yes, I'll look at this.
412
00:24:15,430 --> 00:24:17,040
It comes from the same room.
413
00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:18,850
It's a key with a ring.
414
00:24:18,850 --> 00:24:21,903
It probably belongs to a safe, a small safe.
415
00:24:24,980 --> 00:24:27,150
The second house we are excavating,
416
00:24:27,150 --> 00:24:30,490
the House of the Garden, is across the street,
417
00:24:30,490 --> 00:24:32,513
almost opposite the House of Jupiter.
418
00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:35,810
We've just cleaned the columns
419
00:24:35,810 --> 00:24:39,370
that separate the garden from the house.
420
00:24:39,370 --> 00:24:41,170
We remove the thick layer of lapilli
421
00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:47,560
and soon a magnificent fresco appears.
422
00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:54,203
It's a man, right?
423
00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:56,563
Is this a bow?
424
00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:00,290
We have a little work for you, Giova.
425
00:25:01,130 --> 00:25:02,363
But you'll be happy.
426
00:25:08,130 --> 00:25:09,530
Amazing, huh?
427
00:25:09,530 --> 00:25:11,320
Fantastic.
428
00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:13,700
Colossal, spectacular.
429
00:25:13,700 --> 00:25:14,760
Carry on.
430
00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:15,640
Thank you.
431
00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:16,690
It's good work, isn't it?
432
00:25:16,690 --> 00:25:17,610
Yeah, I know,
433
00:25:17,610 --> 00:25:19,593
I have the greatest job in the world.
434
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:24,240
This fresco has been
435
00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:26,210
extremely well preserved,
436
00:25:26,210 --> 00:25:27,850
thanks to the thick layer of lapilli
437
00:25:27,850 --> 00:25:30,113
that protected it for almost 2,000 years.
438
00:25:31,260 --> 00:25:33,270
After several hours of cleaning,
439
00:25:33,270 --> 00:25:36,310
the entire team of the Pompeii archeological park
440
00:25:36,310 --> 00:25:38,200
have come to admire the first fresco
441
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:39,950
of the House of the Garden.
442
00:25:39,950 --> 00:25:42,946
It seems to be a representation of Adonis.
443
00:25:42,946 --> 00:25:45,363
(slow music)
444
00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:07,470
In another corner of the house,
445
00:26:07,470 --> 00:26:10,200
the archeologists discover the remains of a roof
446
00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:11,763
in its original position.
447
00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:15,220
Eliana Vollaro dedicated her thesis
448
00:26:15,220 --> 00:26:19,690
to the rooftops of Pompeii and could not believe her eyes.
449
00:26:19,690 --> 00:26:22,993
It didn't collapse, it's exactly as it was.
450
00:26:26,530 --> 00:26:28,300
It's not usual to find a roof
451
00:26:28,300 --> 00:26:31,640
in the state it was 2,000 years ago.
452
00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:32,903
It's a wonder.
453
00:26:42,570 --> 00:26:45,570
We will dissemble and store it tile by tile.
454
00:26:46,490 --> 00:26:47,540
We'll restore the tiles
455
00:26:47,540 --> 00:26:49,940
and then reassemble them identically with straw.
456
00:26:50,908 --> 00:26:51,741
It's beautiful.
457
00:26:51,741 --> 00:26:53,623
It's amazing how well-preserved it is.
458
00:26:54,460 --> 00:26:56,760
Would you say everything is intact underneath?
459
00:27:00,260 --> 00:27:01,093
With this roof
460
00:27:01,093 --> 00:27:02,810
that has withstood the eruption,
461
00:27:02,810 --> 00:27:05,563
I really hope to find a room that is intact below.
462
00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:12,030
Also, in a small reception room near the garden,
463
00:27:12,030 --> 00:27:15,730
we discovered a fresco depicting a sacrificial scene
464
00:27:15,730 --> 00:27:17,180
in magnificent Pompeiian red.
465
00:27:29,090 --> 00:27:32,690
However, what touched me the most that day was
466
00:27:32,690 --> 00:27:35,713
a female portrait painted in a medallion.
467
00:27:52,370 --> 00:27:54,420
In the Roman houses of the time,
468
00:27:54,420 --> 00:27:57,380
one sometimes finds the portraits of the owners painted
469
00:27:57,380 --> 00:27:59,863
in the triclinium, the large dining room.
470
00:28:15,870 --> 00:28:18,140
At the entrance of this house on the garden side,
471
00:28:18,140 --> 00:28:21,430
archeologist Patrizio Di Felice has just discovered
472
00:28:21,430 --> 00:28:22,753
some graffiti on a wall.
473
00:28:23,620 --> 00:28:26,343
Dr. Antonio Varone helps us decipher them.
474
00:28:28,420 --> 00:28:30,660
A still inexperienced hand
475
00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:34,860
drew the first letters of the alphabet.
476
00:28:34,860 --> 00:28:38,760
A, B, the top of the B is very small,
477
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:43,760
and then began to write the C, as you can see here.
478
00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:47,740
Yes, yes.
479
00:28:47,740 --> 00:28:49,530
If you consider the height,
480
00:28:49,530 --> 00:28:51,470
it was probably a child.
481
00:28:51,470 --> 00:28:53,903
Someone small who may have been sitting down.
482
00:28:57,277 --> 00:29:00,156
(playful music)
483
00:29:00,156 --> 00:29:04,073
(speaking in foreign language)
484
00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:38,110
I love to imagine
485
00:29:38,110 --> 00:29:40,330
these little moments of life.
486
00:29:40,330 --> 00:29:42,880
At that time, people wrote a lot on the walls.
487
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:44,540
Many inscriptions are still visible
488
00:29:44,540 --> 00:29:45,990
almost everywhere in Pompeii.
489
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,090
Just above the letters of the alphabet,
490
00:29:49,090 --> 00:29:51,290
Antonio Varone discovers an inscription
491
00:29:51,290 --> 00:29:53,053
of a completely different type.
492
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:58,393
Here there is a first name, Leporis Fellas.
493
00:30:00,660 --> 00:30:04,780
Fello is the verb that means oral sex, so it's...
494
00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:07,770
It's clear.
495
00:30:07,770 --> 00:30:09,023
Yes, it is.
496
00:30:16,841 --> 00:30:20,758
(speaking in foreign language)
497
00:30:30,894 --> 00:30:33,350
(mumbles) The writer once cited Leporis
498
00:30:33,350 --> 00:30:35,673
in a text written in Greek and said,
499
00:30:36,847 --> 00:30:40,207
"Sicilians, like the ancient Iole of Greece,
500
00:30:40,207 --> 00:30:42,480
"name the hair as follows."
501
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:46,020
Leporis, so she's probably a Sicilian.
502
00:30:46,020 --> 00:30:47,380
Who was called Little Hair.
503
00:30:47,380 --> 00:30:49,030
Little Hair, yes.
504
00:30:50,970 --> 00:30:54,887
(speaking in foreign language)
505
00:31:04,650 --> 00:31:05,790
I have the impression
506
00:31:05,790 --> 00:31:07,720
that Leporis could be one of the slaves
507
00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:09,070
of the House of the Garden.
508
00:31:10,100 --> 00:31:13,290
The more we clear this house, the more exciting it becomes.
509
00:31:13,290 --> 00:31:16,200
The characters of this family come to life in my head
510
00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:17,580
and I begin to have a little idea
511
00:31:17,580 --> 00:31:19,830
about the appearance of the different spaces.
512
00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:24,300
We're almost sure that there was no concluvium.
513
00:31:24,300 --> 00:31:25,550
It was not open.
514
00:31:25,550 --> 00:31:28,380
It was a completely covered atrium.
515
00:31:28,380 --> 00:31:30,680
To see it more clearly, we call upon an architect
516
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:33,330
who specializes in ancient reconstructions (mumbles).
517
00:31:35,230 --> 00:31:36,777
Based on the photos taken on the site
518
00:31:36,777 --> 00:31:40,150
and the 3D renderings, he helps us to establish a model
519
00:31:40,150 --> 00:31:41,900
of the house and the street.
520
00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:45,290
There are traces of this little pillar here.
521
00:31:45,290 --> 00:31:46,123
Yes.
522
00:31:46,123 --> 00:31:47,970
We have the pillars in the lower part.
523
00:31:50,493 --> 00:31:51,743
That's it here.
524
00:31:55,510 --> 00:31:56,660
As if by magic,
525
00:31:56,660 --> 00:31:58,993
the 3D model restores the decor.
526
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,570
A garden with a partly fallow vegetable patch
527
00:32:03,420 --> 00:32:06,200
and the rear part of the house to the garden.
528
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,783
(gentle music)
529
00:32:25,110 --> 00:32:28,330
In the excavation, the paintings located in the largest room
530
00:32:28,330 --> 00:32:31,400
of the House of the Garden are being restored.
531
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:35,010
Now we can say with certainty that it is a triclinium,
532
00:32:35,010 --> 00:32:37,880
the dining room where guests were received.
533
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:40,610
To access this area, you must go through an open space
534
00:32:40,610 --> 00:32:44,098
in the garden called a portico, or porch.
535
00:32:44,098 --> 00:32:46,170
And at the back, there was a small reception room
536
00:32:46,170 --> 00:32:47,043
called the ecus.
537
00:32:48,168 --> 00:32:52,085
(speaking in foreign language)
538
00:32:53,470 --> 00:32:56,130
We have found some of these magnificent ceilings collapsed
539
00:32:56,130 --> 00:32:58,060
under the weight of the lapilli.
540
00:32:58,060 --> 00:33:01,240
By gently turning the fallen plaster on the ground over,
541
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,913
we can hope to restore some of these ancient wonders.
542
00:33:15,710 --> 00:33:17,200
There's no timber framework,
543
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:18,970
so it could be the top of the wall
544
00:33:18,970 --> 00:33:20,994
that would connect to the ceiling.
545
00:33:20,994 --> 00:33:22,390
Oh, it fits.
546
00:33:22,390 --> 00:33:23,648
Yes.
547
00:33:23,648 --> 00:33:24,481
Perfect.
548
00:33:24,481 --> 00:33:25,663
It works.
It's beautiful.
549
00:33:27,433 --> 00:33:31,350
(speaking in foreign language)
550
00:33:33,290 --> 00:33:34,300
The triclinium was
551
00:33:34,300 --> 00:33:35,700
the dining room of the time.
552
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,020
This room was reserved for guest receptions
553
00:33:39,020 --> 00:33:40,900
and family meals.
554
00:33:40,900 --> 00:33:42,670
The space was often richly decorated
555
00:33:42,670 --> 00:33:45,723
and furnished with three beds, placed at right angles.
556
00:33:55,499 --> 00:33:58,040
The lapilli layer was also removed in the atrium,
557
00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:01,093
the large entrance space that serves most of the rooms.
558
00:34:03,050 --> 00:34:05,363
Curiously, the floor was not yet finished.
559
00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:09,230
It was also surprising to find a grain mill
560
00:34:10,310 --> 00:34:13,933
and marble slabs still unpolished on the walls of the porch.
561
00:34:30,890 --> 00:34:32,510
We begin to understand many things
562
00:34:32,510 --> 00:34:35,060
about this house and the very exceptional quality
563
00:34:35,060 --> 00:34:37,420
of its decoration.
564
00:34:37,420 --> 00:34:38,770
When the eruption occurred,
565
00:34:38,770 --> 00:34:41,433
the inhabitants were carrying out renovation works.
566
00:34:42,950 --> 00:34:44,780
We found a mortar with traces of lime,
567
00:34:44,780 --> 00:34:47,010
mixed with brick fragments.
568
00:34:47,010 --> 00:34:48,700
The walls were not finished
569
00:34:48,700 --> 00:34:51,300
and we found a concentration of materials typical
570
00:34:51,300 --> 00:34:52,543
of a construction site,
571
00:34:53,378 --> 00:34:54,713
so we can imagine that they were living in a house
572
00:34:54,713 --> 00:34:56,863
that was being restored at the time.
573
00:35:00,950 --> 00:35:03,150
Many of Pompeii's houses were being restored
574
00:35:03,150 --> 00:35:05,060
at the time of the eruption.
575
00:35:05,060 --> 00:35:08,980
In 62 AD, a strong earthquake destroyed a large part
576
00:35:08,980 --> 00:35:09,833
of the buildings.
577
00:35:11,180 --> 00:35:13,420
Many rich families went to the countryside
578
00:35:13,420 --> 00:35:15,950
and left their slaves to watch over their houses
579
00:35:15,950 --> 00:35:17,500
while they were being repaired.
580
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:20,730
For years, there was restoration in progress
581
00:35:20,730 --> 00:35:22,423
in almost all areas of the city.
582
00:35:25,340 --> 00:35:27,010
What strikes me here, you see,
583
00:35:27,010 --> 00:35:29,290
is that compared to a normal street,
584
00:35:29,290 --> 00:35:30,990
the level here is very low.
585
00:35:30,990 --> 00:35:33,180
The level is very low.
586
00:35:33,180 --> 00:35:34,340
There are missing cobblestones,
587
00:35:34,340 --> 00:35:35,190
that's obvious,
588
00:35:35,190 --> 00:35:37,930
because right there at the beginning of the street,
589
00:35:37,930 --> 00:35:40,370
we saw cobblestones next to the lapilli.
590
00:35:41,272 --> 00:35:42,660
And because of the lack of cobblestones,
591
00:35:42,660 --> 00:35:44,613
a significant drop in level here.
592
00:35:45,619 --> 00:35:49,110
And this drop prevented access in ancient Roman times.
593
00:35:49,110 --> 00:35:51,760
It prevented access, yes.
594
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:52,593
So there's no doubt
595
00:35:52,593 --> 00:35:54,730
that they were doing repair work in this place.
596
00:35:54,730 --> 00:35:56,650
Indeed, they were mostly remaking the street
597
00:35:56,650 --> 00:35:58,260
more than the sidewalk.
598
00:35:58,260 --> 00:36:00,710
They were in the process of repairing the street.
599
00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:03,590
Since we have the sewers here,
600
00:36:03,590 --> 00:36:05,900
we can imagine that the level is also low
601
00:36:05,900 --> 00:36:08,800
because they were cleaning and repairing the sewer system.
602
00:36:10,250 --> 00:36:11,083
Yes, maybe it was
603
00:36:11,083 --> 00:36:13,070
a sewer maintenance operation.
604
00:36:13,070 --> 00:36:14,523
That could be an explanation.
605
00:36:17,341 --> 00:36:21,258
(speaking in foreign language)
606
00:36:25,900 --> 00:36:27,440
This other street in the neighborhood
607
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,003
was also under construction.
608
00:36:30,060 --> 00:36:31,693
You can see Vesuvius from here.
609
00:36:32,570 --> 00:36:34,910
This is the Street of Balconies.
610
00:36:34,910 --> 00:36:35,840
We've given it this name
611
00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:37,890
because we've found three balconies here.
612
00:36:38,870 --> 00:36:41,370
Our fugitive tried to escape from one of these balconies,
613
00:36:41,370 --> 00:36:42,970
located further down the street.
614
00:36:47,630 --> 00:36:49,350
There's a good chance that all these people
615
00:36:49,350 --> 00:36:51,820
were acquaintances of one another.
616
00:36:51,820 --> 00:36:53,540
Soon, we'll have a more precise idea
617
00:36:53,540 --> 00:36:56,887
of what happened during the last hours in this neighborhood.
618
00:36:56,887 --> 00:36:59,637
(dramatic music)
619
00:37:12,660 --> 00:37:14,410
In parallel with our excavation,
620
00:37:14,410 --> 00:37:16,900
securing the adjacent streets compels us
621
00:37:16,900 --> 00:37:19,523
to stop to take in some amazing frescoes.
622
00:37:32,790 --> 00:37:34,540
Oh, this is really exceptional.
623
00:37:34,540 --> 00:37:36,150
It's such a beauty.
624
00:37:36,150 --> 00:37:38,170
This painting represents a Priapus,
625
00:37:38,170 --> 00:37:40,563
the god of fertility in Greek mythology.
626
00:37:41,550 --> 00:37:43,550
Placed at the entrance of a house,
627
00:37:43,550 --> 00:37:46,863
the Priapus was intended to ward off bad luck and evil.
628
00:37:48,150 --> 00:37:50,493
It ensured prosperity and fertility.
629
00:37:55,010 --> 00:37:56,830
Time passes too quickly.
630
00:37:56,830 --> 00:37:58,580
We must tidy up, classify,
631
00:37:58,580 --> 00:38:00,700
and clean all these magnificent objects
632
00:38:00,700 --> 00:38:01,750
that have been found.
633
00:38:06,850 --> 00:38:08,333
Back to the excavation site.
634
00:38:09,350 --> 00:38:10,630
In the House of Jupiter,
635
00:38:10,630 --> 00:38:12,850
the archeologists have cleared the ground
636
00:38:12,850 --> 00:38:15,203
and have just made an exceptional discovery.
637
00:38:16,460 --> 00:38:18,803
Will we finally learn more about the owner?
638
00:38:21,462 --> 00:38:25,379
(speaking in foreign language)
639
00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:34,923
It's amazing, look at the cobra.
640
00:38:37,170 --> 00:38:39,100
The mosaics represent new scenes
641
00:38:39,100 --> 00:38:41,623
that before this were unknown in the Roman world.
642
00:38:42,700 --> 00:38:44,650
They were found in two different rooms.
643
00:38:46,900 --> 00:38:49,000
It's a chimera, a chimera.
644
00:38:50,790 --> 00:38:52,840
What bizarre iconography.
645
00:38:56,350 --> 00:38:58,910
Yes, but it's an incredible thing.
646
00:38:58,910 --> 00:39:00,610
A lion, Capricorn?
647
00:39:02,941 --> 00:39:04,591
That looks like a kind of shield.
648
00:39:05,910 --> 00:39:06,900
In any case,
649
00:39:06,900 --> 00:39:08,663
it's something never seen before.
650
00:39:10,900 --> 00:39:12,350
And now we're gonna study it.
651
00:39:13,339 --> 00:39:14,463
It's too beautiful.
652
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:17,370
The figures represented
653
00:39:17,370 --> 00:39:19,490
in these mosaics intrigue me.
654
00:39:19,490 --> 00:39:21,233
They have no precedent in Pompeii.
655
00:39:23,230 --> 00:39:26,250
So I head to Rome to the Library of the French Embassy
656
00:39:26,250 --> 00:39:27,713
to try to understand this.
657
00:39:28,567 --> 00:39:30,984
(slow music)
658
00:39:50,820 --> 00:39:52,523
We have to identify the animals.
659
00:39:54,070 --> 00:39:55,533
That's a panther, I think.
660
00:39:56,580 --> 00:39:59,010
It fits very well with Dionysus.
661
00:39:59,010 --> 00:39:59,910
So it's a panther.
662
00:40:01,050 --> 00:40:02,740
Now let's see Orion.
663
00:40:02,740 --> 00:40:05,050
He always carries a sword with him.
664
00:40:05,050 --> 00:40:06,713
The sword shows us that it's him.
665
00:40:10,210 --> 00:40:12,860
So these two mosaics represent the same myth
666
00:40:12,860 --> 00:40:15,240
or two different moments of the same myth.
667
00:40:15,240 --> 00:40:17,600
Here we have Orion as a hunter
668
00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:19,690
and here he's been turned into a star
669
00:40:19,690 --> 00:40:23,200
of the constellation of Orion, putting on wings,
670
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:27,900
his butterfly wings, because he no longer exists as Orion
671
00:40:27,900 --> 00:40:30,883
but as Orion's psyche, the soul of Orion.
672
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:35,200
The owner of the House of Jupiter
673
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:37,063
knew Greek culture and astronomy.
674
00:40:39,030 --> 00:40:40,960
He was undoubtedly a scholar,
675
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:43,310
an important figure in the neighborhood.
676
00:40:43,310 --> 00:40:45,363
I wonder if he survived the eruption.
677
00:40:49,830 --> 00:40:52,190
Summer's over and we are relieved
678
00:40:52,190 --> 00:40:54,130
because most of the rescue archeology
679
00:40:54,130 --> 00:40:56,080
in the Pompeii site has been completed.
680
00:40:57,090 --> 00:40:58,890
The Street of Balconies is now clear
681
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:01,860
but there's still a whole mountain of lapilli
682
00:41:01,860 --> 00:41:03,580
in the middle of the street to be removed
683
00:41:03,580 --> 00:41:05,683
in order to uncover the entire street.
684
00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:10,990
We've discovered many electoral inscriptions,
685
00:41:10,990 --> 00:41:13,023
evidence that the street was very busy.
686
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:15,990
You can read the names of the candidates
687
00:41:15,990 --> 00:41:18,080
for the next elections that would have been held
688
00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:19,653
in the autumn, as every year.
689
00:41:21,740 --> 00:41:26,373
Two names are recurrent, Caprasius and Albucius.
690
00:41:28,330 --> 00:41:30,710
There is another inscription on this excavation
691
00:41:30,710 --> 00:41:33,670
that has been on my mind for several days.
692
00:41:33,670 --> 00:41:34,980
It was written with charcoal
693
00:41:34,980 --> 00:41:37,720
on the walls of the atrium of the House of the Garden
694
00:41:37,720 --> 00:41:39,770
and refers to a date.
695
00:41:39,770 --> 00:41:42,120
This morning, I brought Giulia Ammannati,
696
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:44,750
paleographer of La Normale School of Pisa,
697
00:41:44,750 --> 00:41:46,683
to help me decipher this inscription.
698
00:41:47,940 --> 00:41:52,240
Here there's an X and a V, an I,
699
00:41:52,240 --> 00:41:54,967
a point, and a K for (mumbles).
700
00:41:55,820 --> 00:41:59,050
No, with another point for November.
701
00:41:59,050 --> 00:42:00,487
Then we read (speaking in foreign language).
702
00:42:04,162 --> 00:42:05,080
So it's on the 16th day
703
00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:08,180
before the calendar November in the oil room.
704
00:42:08,180 --> 00:42:10,760
Here we can see something with four lines.
705
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:11,950
It looks like a big X.
706
00:42:11,950 --> 00:42:13,050
Yes, it goes until here.
707
00:42:13,050 --> 00:42:14,950
Yes, but it's not necessarily a word.
708
00:42:14,950 --> 00:42:17,470
It could be a number, a sum.
709
00:42:17,470 --> 00:42:18,850
The interesting thing is this tool
710
00:42:18,850 --> 00:42:19,727
which has been put there
711
00:42:19,727 --> 00:42:22,660
and at the beginning we didn't understand why
712
00:42:22,660 --> 00:42:24,320
because it's a tool for grain.
713
00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:26,017
However, there it was used for--
714
00:42:26,017 --> 00:42:27,320
Ah, for construction.
715
00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:28,740
Yes, to make plaster, mortar.
716
00:42:28,740 --> 00:42:29,573
Of course.
717
00:42:29,573 --> 00:42:31,770
It might be interesting to reinterpret this inscription
718
00:42:31,770 --> 00:42:32,910
with the reading key.
719
00:42:32,910 --> 00:42:34,210
It could be an expense related
720
00:42:34,210 --> 00:42:36,549
to the construction work they were doing.
721
00:42:36,549 --> 00:42:38,280
It could be related to the restoration work,
722
00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:39,900
For the oil room, we spent X.
723
00:42:39,900 --> 00:42:42,750
For the oil mill, we spent X amount.
724
00:42:42,750 --> 00:42:43,583
Why not?
725
00:42:43,583 --> 00:42:44,567
Of course.
726
00:42:47,510 --> 00:42:48,343
We can imagine
727
00:42:48,343 --> 00:42:50,940
that the house was under construction.
728
00:42:50,940 --> 00:42:54,200
That day, building materials were being delivered.
729
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:56,450
The oil room is mentioned in the inscription.
730
00:42:57,740 --> 00:43:00,050
It was perhaps a shed or a storage room,
731
00:43:00,050 --> 00:43:03,050
which could be related to the owner's professional activity.
732
00:43:05,770 --> 00:43:08,370
In the meantime, the owner has apparently written
733
00:43:08,370 --> 00:43:10,763
his daily expense on the wall to remember.
734
00:43:12,220 --> 00:43:14,700
What interests me the most in this inscription is
735
00:43:14,700 --> 00:43:16,813
the date of the November calendars.
736
00:43:18,060 --> 00:43:19,300
In the Roman calender,
737
00:43:19,300 --> 00:43:21,403
this corresponds to October the 17th.
738
00:43:23,620 --> 00:43:26,200
And a new object found in the porch of the house
739
00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:28,483
could be a clue to understanding this date.
740
00:43:30,410 --> 00:43:32,923
It's a brazier, in bronze.
741
00:43:39,060 --> 00:43:41,053
We've analyzed it in the laboratory.
742
00:43:41,950 --> 00:43:43,860
I can't wait to know if it was used
743
00:43:43,860 --> 00:43:45,523
in the days before the eruption.
744
00:43:48,260 --> 00:43:49,760
What did you find?
745
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:52,620
We cleared the entire part with the lapilli.
746
00:43:53,503 --> 00:43:54,880
The lapilli, yes.
747
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:57,920
And underneath, there are indeed ashes.
748
00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:02,070
So this confirms that the brazier was used.
749
00:44:02,070 --> 00:44:04,253
But its use is not quite clear.
750
00:44:05,450 --> 00:44:07,363
It was probably used for heating.
751
00:44:08,990 --> 00:44:12,160
But maybe the ashes were also used outside,
752
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:15,693
either as fertilizer or disinfectant.
753
00:44:18,710 --> 00:44:20,920
The brazier had therefore been lit,
754
00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:23,700
probably for the family to warm up in the evening.
755
00:44:23,700 --> 00:44:24,913
An October evening.
756
00:44:27,830 --> 00:44:29,600
The only information we had about the date
757
00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:31,960
of the Vesuvius eruption were the writings
758
00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:33,840
of Pliny the Younger,
759
00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:36,340
who saw everything from the other side of the bay.
760
00:44:37,300 --> 00:44:40,953
These writings mention the date of August 24th, 79.
761
00:44:42,110 --> 00:44:44,160
Could they have been wrongly transcribed?
762
00:44:45,104 --> 00:44:49,021
(speaking in foreign language)
763
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:53,313
Could the real date be October 79?
764
00:44:54,710 --> 00:44:56,930
Some researchers have supported this hypothesis
765
00:44:56,930 --> 00:44:57,923
for several years.
766
00:44:59,130 --> 00:45:02,330
In some amphorae whose content has been analyzed,
767
00:45:02,330 --> 00:45:05,643
researchers found samples of fruit harvested in the autumn.
768
00:45:07,010 --> 00:45:10,600
Did Vesuvius erupt on October 24th, 79
769
00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:12,403
and not on August 24th?
770
00:45:13,650 --> 00:45:15,460
I brought Antonio Varone back
771
00:45:15,460 --> 00:45:17,723
to find out the results of his analysis.
772
00:45:20,100 --> 00:45:22,520
The inscription was made with charcoal,
773
00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:25,460
which means that it could only have lasted
774
00:45:25,460 --> 00:45:28,163
for a few days or a few months.
775
00:45:29,530 --> 00:45:32,480
We must consider that the date of August 24th,
776
00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:34,710
which I've always considered accurate until today,
777
00:45:34,710 --> 00:45:35,660
is no longer valid.
778
00:45:36,720 --> 00:45:39,460
The eruption therefore must have taken place
779
00:45:39,460 --> 00:45:43,093
on October 24th, which was the second hypothesis.
780
00:45:44,940 --> 00:45:46,780
In any case, what is clear is
781
00:45:46,780 --> 00:45:50,223
that coal in general does not last long,
782
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:54,330
so this inscription was written at most seven days
783
00:45:54,330 --> 00:45:56,253
before the eruption of Vesuvius.
784
00:45:57,630 --> 00:45:59,300
And that's a great discovery.
785
00:45:59,300 --> 00:46:00,570
It's a great discovery.
786
00:46:00,570 --> 00:46:02,133
The discovery.
787
00:46:03,720 --> 00:46:07,637
(speaking in foreign language)
788
00:46:18,580 --> 00:46:20,070
I decided to take advantage
789
00:46:20,070 --> 00:46:22,430
of the visit of the new Minister of Culture
790
00:46:22,430 --> 00:46:24,723
to announce this great news to the press.
791
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:29,620
What fascinates me about archeology is
792
00:46:29,620 --> 00:46:32,330
that discovering a simple inscription of charcoal
793
00:46:32,330 --> 00:46:34,303
can lead us to rewrite history.
794
00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:40,920
Hello, everyone,
795
00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:43,940
I welcome the minister and thank him for being here.
796
00:46:43,940 --> 00:46:46,560
Here is one of the most interesting discoveries we've made,
797
00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:49,150
an inscription which will allow us to redate
798
00:46:49,150 --> 00:46:52,650
to establish with certainty the date of the eruption.
799
00:46:52,650 --> 00:46:55,330
Not the 24th of August, the commonly accepted date,
800
00:46:55,330 --> 00:46:58,373
but as some have already thought and written, October 24th.
801
00:47:05,730 --> 00:47:06,890
Five months have passed
802
00:47:06,890 --> 00:47:08,790
since the beginning of the excavation.
803
00:47:10,130 --> 00:47:12,690
I hope that one day, the results of our work
804
00:47:12,690 --> 00:47:14,290
will be presented to the public.
805
00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:17,877
For the moment, we have uncovered a street
806
00:47:17,877 --> 00:47:21,103
and two important houses and made many discoveries.
807
00:47:23,070 --> 00:47:25,930
In Jupiter's House, despite the looting,
808
00:47:25,930 --> 00:47:27,920
we managed to find dishes,
809
00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:31,743
mosaics never seen before in Pompeii, strange objects.
810
00:47:32,690 --> 00:47:34,363
But who owned this house?
811
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:38,783
Restoring its appearance before the eruption could help.
812
00:47:40,270 --> 00:47:43,530
We are sure that there was an upper floor.
813
00:47:43,530 --> 00:47:45,583
Up there was a room with columns.
814
00:47:47,910 --> 00:47:50,502
Thanks to the 3D reconstruction carried out
815
00:47:50,502 --> 00:47:53,750
by (mumbles), our specialized architect,
816
00:47:53,750 --> 00:47:56,630
we can now get an idea of the extraordinary interior
817
00:47:56,630 --> 00:47:57,880
of this House of Jupiter.
818
00:48:11,730 --> 00:48:14,040
On the other side of the street, the House of the Garden
819
00:48:14,040 --> 00:48:16,060
has also been carefully reconstructed
820
00:48:16,060 --> 00:48:18,197
using computer graphics.
821
00:48:18,197 --> 00:48:20,614
(slow music)
822
00:48:38,260 --> 00:48:40,620
We've understood that it was under construction
823
00:48:40,620 --> 00:48:43,050
and we now know its different parts
824
00:48:43,050 --> 00:48:45,623
and even the face of the mistress of the house.
825
00:48:47,130 --> 00:48:48,900
We are also starting to get an idea
826
00:48:48,900 --> 00:48:50,700
of the appearance of our two houses.
827
00:48:53,100 --> 00:48:55,150
Though we know our street better,
828
00:48:55,150 --> 00:48:58,310
so far only one victim has been found,
829
00:48:58,310 --> 00:49:02,150
a man in his 40s whom we've called the fugitive.
830
00:49:02,150 --> 00:49:05,250
He was trying to escape from the balcony of a house.
831
00:49:05,250 --> 00:49:07,270
I hope that following the excavations,
832
00:49:07,270 --> 00:49:09,170
we'll be able to make new discoveries.
833
00:49:10,104 --> 00:49:12,604
(man screams)
834
00:49:15,340 --> 00:49:18,173
Today, our excavation takes a new turn.
835
00:49:21,530 --> 00:49:24,590
It was during a meeting with architect Annamaria Mauro,
836
00:49:24,590 --> 00:49:27,090
responsible for the site safety project,
837
00:49:27,090 --> 00:49:30,223
that I received a message from Valeria, the anthropologist.
838
00:49:33,770 --> 00:49:36,470
Bones were found in a room of the House of the Garden.
839
00:49:40,470 --> 00:49:43,193
This room seems to be a room overlooking the atrium.
840
00:49:55,720 --> 00:49:58,470
The bones in the room seem to belong to several people.
841
00:50:01,240 --> 00:50:02,700
The ribs of a small child
842
00:50:02,700 --> 00:50:04,793
make the blood run cold in my veins.
843
00:50:06,120 --> 00:50:07,503
The vertebrae of an adult.
844
00:50:10,210 --> 00:50:11,433
Difficult to understand.
845
00:50:13,290 --> 00:50:14,123
Who were they?
846
00:50:16,260 --> 00:50:18,600
The scene is mysterious.
847
00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:20,513
A new investigation is about to begin.
848
00:50:21,880 --> 00:50:25,313
We decided to call this room the Room of the Skeletons.
849
00:50:28,630 --> 00:50:31,227
Here is a skull that should be that of an adult.
850
00:50:31,227 --> 00:50:32,200
And this one?
851
00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:33,600
This one is a teenager.
852
00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:35,880
Are these two different skulls?
853
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:37,680
Yes, apparently.
854
00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:39,880
Theoretically, the layer should be intact
855
00:50:39,880 --> 00:50:41,900
so our anthropologists should find us
856
00:50:41,900 --> 00:50:43,050
whole skeletons, right?
857
00:50:44,970 --> 00:50:46,840
At the moment, we have no traces
858
00:50:46,840 --> 00:50:50,560
of articulated skeletons but we're still uncovering them.
859
00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:51,600
What's this?
860
00:50:51,600 --> 00:50:53,440
The elongated bone is part of?
861
00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:54,500
This is a tibia.
862
00:50:54,500 --> 00:50:55,820
It's a shin bone.
863
00:50:55,820 --> 00:50:57,650
It probably belongs to an individual
864
00:50:57,650 --> 00:51:00,037
of the same age as the one with this forehead.
865
00:51:00,037 --> 00:51:02,100
And what's this?
866
00:51:02,100 --> 00:51:04,050
Two other adult tibias.
867
00:51:05,190 --> 00:51:06,150
What is glaring is
868
00:51:06,150 --> 00:51:07,800
that unlike the other rooms,
869
00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:10,913
where there is a lot of lapilli, here we did not find any.
870
00:51:11,810 --> 00:51:13,750
So it seems that this room was protected
871
00:51:13,750 --> 00:51:15,123
from the rain of lapilli.
872
00:51:17,560 --> 00:51:19,990
So they took refuge here, hypothesis,
873
00:51:19,990 --> 00:51:22,750
in this room because it was the last one with a roof,
874
00:51:22,750 --> 00:51:23,583
without lapilli.
875
00:51:25,310 --> 00:51:26,370
In contrast around here,
876
00:51:26,370 --> 00:51:28,170
the lapilli reached two meters high.
877
00:51:30,875 --> 00:51:33,790
But look at this, this is interesting.
878
00:51:33,790 --> 00:51:34,623
There are lapilli.
879
00:51:34,623 --> 00:51:37,760
Yes, so it was probably the collapse
880
00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:40,390
of the roof that crushed them.
881
00:51:40,390 --> 00:51:44,050
And I suppose the fall of the roof
882
00:51:44,050 --> 00:51:47,733
also caused the skeletons to break apart.
883
00:51:49,690 --> 00:51:51,390
To be sure, we much examine them.
884
00:51:51,390 --> 00:51:52,513
Everything's possible.
885
00:51:54,090 --> 00:51:55,240
Here we can see the power
886
00:51:55,240 --> 00:51:57,023
of the pyroclastic flow.
887
00:51:58,320 --> 00:52:01,380
Like a wave or a river, it found openings
888
00:52:01,380 --> 00:52:02,733
and entered this house.
889
00:52:04,410 --> 00:52:07,250
At one point, the pyroclastic flow broke the walls
890
00:52:07,250 --> 00:52:10,033
of the Room of the Skeletons in which we are now.
891
00:52:12,470 --> 00:52:13,570
It seems pretty obvious
892
00:52:13,570 --> 00:52:16,133
since we found both walls collapsed inside.
893
00:52:17,890 --> 00:52:20,540
These skeletons may tell us who the last inhabitants
894
00:52:20,540 --> 00:52:21,513
of this house were.
895
00:52:23,270 --> 00:52:24,560
They took refuge in this room
896
00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:26,520
where we found very few lapilli,
897
00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:28,103
which means that the roof held.
898
00:52:29,260 --> 00:52:31,010
We found traces of the door too,
899
00:52:31,010 --> 00:52:33,480
which means they were locked inside.
900
00:52:33,480 --> 00:52:35,860
We hope that all these questions will find a complete answer
901
00:52:35,860 --> 00:52:37,483
in future excavations.
902
00:52:41,320 --> 00:52:44,310
By combining all the clues we have,
903
00:52:44,310 --> 00:52:45,790
I'm starting to get an idea
904
00:52:45,790 --> 00:52:48,103
of how the eruption could have started.
905
00:52:48,103 --> 00:52:50,353
(rumbling)
906
00:53:05,227 --> 00:53:09,144
(speaking in foreign language)
907
00:53:45,978 --> 00:53:48,311
(screaming)
908
00:54:04,642 --> 00:54:08,559
(speaking in foreign language)
909
00:54:30,784 --> 00:54:33,367
(gentle music)
910
00:54:56,600 --> 00:55:01,233
A woman, young, still with her wisdom tooth.
911
00:55:04,106 --> 00:55:06,005
But no, not at all.
912
00:55:06,005 --> 00:55:07,660
Her teeth were changing.
913
00:55:07,660 --> 00:55:09,233
She's very small, in fact.
914
00:55:11,026 --> 00:55:13,130
It's not a woman, it's a child.
915
00:55:13,130 --> 00:55:14,203
It was a young boy.
916
00:55:25,430 --> 00:55:27,660
Valeria also removes an adult's femur
917
00:55:27,660 --> 00:55:29,910
from this niche that was probably a wardrobe.
918
00:55:41,706 --> 00:55:43,260
Are they different people?
919
00:55:43,260 --> 00:55:44,953
They're really two different people.
920
00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:47,930
Too bad.
921
00:55:47,930 --> 00:55:49,790
Everything's mixed up.
922
00:55:49,790 --> 00:55:51,120
Probably, yes.
923
00:55:51,120 --> 00:55:52,313
What a pity.
924
00:55:56,200 --> 00:55:59,073
The bones are mixed up, but why?
925
00:56:01,060 --> 00:56:03,630
Would the ceiling have collapsed at the end of the eruption,
926
00:56:03,630 --> 00:56:04,993
scattering the bones?
927
00:56:06,210 --> 00:56:08,433
The archeologists make hypotheses.
928
00:56:11,890 --> 00:56:13,430
I saw several pieces
929
00:56:13,430 --> 00:56:16,773
of broken timbers coming from the collapse of the ceiling.
930
00:56:18,110 --> 00:56:21,800
Marco and I were wondering if it was possible to assume
931
00:56:21,800 --> 00:56:23,150
that at a given moment,
932
00:56:23,150 --> 00:56:26,210
which occurred sometime after the eruption,
933
00:56:26,210 --> 00:56:30,080
the first floor collapsed, causing destruction
934
00:56:30,080 --> 00:56:33,463
and dislocation of the bones you are finding.
935
00:56:35,310 --> 00:56:37,660
Theoretically, it's possible.
936
00:56:37,660 --> 00:56:39,600
However, there's something that doesn't fit
937
00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:41,310
and makes me wonder.
938
00:56:41,310 --> 00:56:43,730
Sometimes I find long bones of adults
939
00:56:43,730 --> 00:56:46,140
which have been set aside out of the way.
940
00:56:46,140 --> 00:56:48,280
We might think there was human intervention,
941
00:56:48,280 --> 00:56:51,190
but only the excavations will clarify this situation.
942
00:56:51,190 --> 00:56:53,260
What I really exclude is that the flow,
943
00:56:53,260 --> 00:56:55,660
regardless of how powerful it was,
944
00:56:55,660 --> 00:56:57,670
it could not have reduced the bodies to pieces
945
00:56:57,670 --> 00:56:58,630
in this way, no.
946
00:56:58,630 --> 00:57:00,450
We can at least exclude that.
947
00:57:00,450 --> 00:57:01,883
Yes, I'd exclude it.
948
00:57:04,040 --> 00:57:06,090
Looters may have excavated a tunnel
949
00:57:06,090 --> 00:57:09,520
below the hardened layer of a pyroclastic flow
950
00:57:09,520 --> 00:57:11,940
and could've mixed up the bones.
951
00:57:11,940 --> 00:57:14,130
It's quite possible that all this has a connection
952
00:57:14,130 --> 00:57:15,920
with the first excavations carried out
953
00:57:15,920 --> 00:57:17,363
during the 18th century.
954
00:57:18,790 --> 00:57:21,140
Here they entered very brutally,
955
00:57:21,140 --> 00:57:24,240
destroying the wall and creating a kind of tunnel
956
00:57:24,240 --> 00:57:26,380
in the pyroclastic flow.
957
00:57:26,380 --> 00:57:29,810
Once inside, they realized there were at least five victims.
958
00:57:29,810 --> 00:57:31,590
What does that mean?
959
00:57:31,590 --> 00:57:34,030
That there was a large amount of loot there,
960
00:57:34,030 --> 00:57:35,120
because with the victims
961
00:57:35,120 --> 00:57:37,400
there had to be ornaments and jewels.
962
00:57:37,400 --> 00:57:39,560
Women surely wore jewelry.
963
00:57:39,560 --> 00:57:41,260
That's all they tried to retrieve.
964
00:57:43,328 --> 00:57:45,745
(slow music)
965
00:57:53,032 --> 00:57:54,420
They dug right up to here.
966
00:57:54,420 --> 00:57:56,050
But how could they have been so,
967
00:57:56,050 --> 00:57:57,700
what the hell were they thinking?
968
00:58:03,320 --> 00:58:04,200
They're everywhere.
969
00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:06,233
What they did is truly amazing.
970
00:58:11,610 --> 00:58:12,573
Damn looters.
971
00:58:13,490 --> 00:58:15,370
In classifying the bones,
972
00:58:15,370 --> 00:58:16,830
I am trying to connect them
973
00:58:16,830 --> 00:58:19,590
to determine which parts of which individuals
974
00:58:19,590 --> 00:58:22,440
were moved around the room and how.
975
00:58:22,440 --> 00:58:24,730
To understand how they were moved
976
00:58:24,730 --> 00:58:27,080
and where they were originally.
977
00:58:27,080 --> 00:58:27,913
At least we know
978
00:58:27,913 --> 00:58:29,090
how many of them there were.
979
00:58:29,090 --> 00:58:30,220
There were at least five,
980
00:58:30,220 --> 00:58:32,463
but there could be 25.
981
00:58:33,366 --> 00:58:34,199
But five for sure?
982
00:58:34,199 --> 00:58:35,050
Five for sure.
983
00:58:35,050 --> 00:58:35,883
This could have been
984
00:58:35,883 --> 00:58:38,417
an extremely priceless site if it had been left intact.
985
00:58:38,417 --> 00:58:39,310
It would have been wonderful.
986
00:58:39,310 --> 00:58:40,143
It's a shame
987
00:58:40,143 --> 00:58:41,829
this was the best preserved room.
988
00:58:41,829 --> 00:58:42,893
It would have been great.
989
00:58:44,740 --> 00:58:46,580
Because they were originally
990
00:58:46,580 --> 00:58:48,140
in the pyroclastic flow.
991
00:58:48,140 --> 00:58:48,973
Yes.
992
00:58:48,973 --> 00:58:50,180
We could have taken plaster casts
993
00:58:50,180 --> 00:58:51,013
of everything.
994
00:58:54,030 --> 00:58:55,940
Despite the mix-up of bones,
995
00:58:55,940 --> 00:58:58,280
we know there were at least five people in the room,
996
00:58:58,280 --> 00:58:59,453
women and children.
997
00:59:03,130 --> 00:59:05,513
We'll try to understand how these people died.
998
00:59:12,080 --> 00:59:13,550
I wonder if they could be
999
00:59:13,550 --> 00:59:15,113
from the same family,
1000
00:59:17,250 --> 00:59:18,943
which is probably the case.
1001
00:59:20,240 --> 00:59:22,983
I'm looking for similarities that seem clear to me,
1002
00:59:23,930 --> 00:59:27,613
but I can only be completely sure with a DNA test.
1003
00:59:31,740 --> 00:59:34,330
It's not a dead and buried population,
1004
00:59:34,330 --> 00:59:36,293
as we'd find in necropolises.
1005
00:59:38,910 --> 00:59:41,513
I'm not evaluating a population like that,
1006
00:59:42,900 --> 00:59:46,923
but a population that, and it's odd to say it, was alive.
1007
00:59:48,280 --> 00:59:50,697
(slow music)
1008
01:00:11,990 --> 01:00:13,180
As winter arrives,
1009
01:00:13,180 --> 01:00:15,360
a marvel has emerged from the safety work
1010
01:00:15,360 --> 01:00:16,660
on the neighboring street.
1011
01:00:19,350 --> 01:00:22,263
This painting is inspired by Greek mythology.
1012
01:00:23,660 --> 01:00:26,763
It represents Leda, wife of the King of Sparta.
1013
01:00:28,300 --> 01:00:30,230
Legend has it that Zeus took the form
1014
01:00:30,230 --> 01:00:31,573
of a swan to seduce her.
1015
01:00:38,120 --> 01:00:40,220
In the atrium of the House of Jupiter,
1016
01:00:40,220 --> 01:00:43,470
I think I recognize on the floor the mosaic representation
1017
01:00:43,470 --> 01:00:45,883
of a measuring tool, the agroma.
1018
01:00:46,920 --> 01:00:48,960
This was a kind of tool used by surveyors
1019
01:00:48,960 --> 01:00:51,910
and architects at the time to measure differences in level.
1020
01:00:52,920 --> 01:00:55,670
Could this be a clue to the person who built the house?
1021
01:01:04,140 --> 01:01:06,260
The excavation is not over.
1022
01:01:06,260 --> 01:01:09,060
I hope to understand the life of this neighborhood soon.
1023
01:01:21,489 --> 01:01:22,360
Keep going, keep going.
1024
01:01:22,360 --> 01:01:24,760
Careful, the moment has arrived.
1025
01:01:34,435 --> 01:01:35,268
Prasivm.
1026
01:01:36,340 --> 01:01:39,340
Caprasius, another candidate.
1027
01:01:39,340 --> 01:01:40,830
But in our street, above all,
1028
01:01:40,830 --> 01:01:43,480
we find the name of Lucius Celsus.
1029
01:01:43,480 --> 01:01:45,130
Sometimes also referred to by the name
1030
01:01:45,130 --> 01:01:47,727
of the family from which he descends, Albucius.
1031
01:01:50,021 --> 01:01:53,420
Celsus is probably the same as Albucius,
1032
01:01:54,410 --> 01:01:57,773
whose inscriptions we found on the Street of Balconies.
1033
01:01:59,490 --> 01:02:03,780
It seems clear that in anticipation of the elections,
1034
01:02:03,780 --> 01:02:07,700
he plastered the street walls with electoral posters,
1035
01:02:07,700 --> 01:02:08,623
as we do today.
1036
01:02:11,520 --> 01:02:13,750
This kind of inscription could be considered
1037
01:02:13,750 --> 01:02:16,790
as invasive or non-respectful of the walls,
1038
01:02:16,790 --> 01:02:18,573
in particular on private dwellings.
1039
01:02:19,670 --> 01:02:21,970
This is why they were generally done at night.
1040
01:02:23,390 --> 01:02:25,040
Like the posters of our time,
1041
01:02:25,040 --> 01:02:27,160
certain paintings deliberately covered those
1042
01:02:27,160 --> 01:02:28,193
of other candidates.
1043
01:02:29,115 --> 01:02:31,532
(slow music)
1044
01:02:43,940 --> 01:02:46,020
This is our Albucius,
1045
01:02:46,020 --> 01:02:48,420
the one who lived in the House of the Silver Wedding.
1046
01:02:48,420 --> 01:02:50,910
He appears very often on this street.
1047
01:02:50,910 --> 01:02:52,630
One of the nobles of Pompeii
1048
01:02:52,630 --> 01:02:54,093
and therefore a great figure.
1049
01:02:55,900 --> 01:02:57,430
Perhaps the most important figure here,
1050
01:02:57,430 --> 01:02:59,480
who belongs to the most important family.
1051
01:03:01,510 --> 01:03:03,370
He used to pass through this street.
1052
01:03:03,370 --> 01:03:04,350
Of course, every time he left
1053
01:03:04,350 --> 01:03:05,610
the House of the Silver Wedding.
1054
01:03:05,610 --> 01:03:07,170
From the house to the forum.
1055
01:03:07,170 --> 01:03:09,400
And we arrive at Nolana Street, is that it?
1056
01:03:09,400 --> 01:03:11,753
So these are also the most recent?
1057
01:03:12,830 --> 01:03:14,823
Actually, it's the last election.
1058
01:03:15,960 --> 01:03:18,110
It's the last election before the eruption.
1059
01:03:19,654 --> 01:03:24,345
(speaking in foreign language)
1060
01:03:24,345 --> 01:03:26,140
Albutius was running for councilor,
1061
01:03:26,140 --> 01:03:28,043
the first step in a political career.
1062
01:03:29,130 --> 01:03:30,580
He must have been in his 30s.
1063
01:03:34,620 --> 01:03:38,537
(speaking in foreign language)
1064
01:03:39,710 --> 01:03:42,480
He was probably the sponsor of the inscriptions made
1065
01:03:42,480 --> 01:03:43,930
by the painters on the walls.
1066
01:03:44,936 --> 01:03:49,530
(speaking in foreign language)
1067
01:03:49,530 --> 01:03:51,870
We do know campaigns were sometimes paid for
1068
01:03:51,870 --> 01:03:55,160
or supported by other corporations or private individuals
1069
01:03:55,160 --> 01:03:57,826
who showed their support for a candidate.
1070
01:03:57,826 --> 01:04:01,112
(speaking in foreign language)
1071
01:04:01,112 --> 01:04:03,330
Albucius's family was influential.
1072
01:04:03,330 --> 01:04:06,330
His father was the owner of the House of the Silver Wedding.
1073
01:04:07,680 --> 01:04:09,950
According to researchers of the last century,
1074
01:04:09,950 --> 01:04:13,036
Albucius also lived in this magnificent house.
1075
01:04:13,036 --> 01:04:15,453
(slow music)
1076
01:04:30,570 --> 01:04:32,640
This huge villa was completely restored
1077
01:04:32,640 --> 01:04:35,453
during the archeological excavations of 1891.
1078
01:04:36,890 --> 01:04:39,670
It's here in the atrium where visitors could wait
1079
01:04:39,670 --> 01:04:41,820
if they wanted an interview with the owner.
1080
01:04:44,370 --> 01:04:47,620
Some took the opportunity to write graffiti on the walls,
1081
01:04:47,620 --> 01:04:49,563
a common practice at that time.
1082
01:04:50,900 --> 01:04:53,330
Some archeologists of the last century have found
1083
01:04:53,330 --> 01:04:56,080
several inscriptions that mention the name of Albucius.
1084
01:04:57,450 --> 01:05:00,680
These little engravings have undoubtedly disappeared
1085
01:05:00,680 --> 01:05:02,980
but I would still like to find traces of them.
1086
01:05:04,460 --> 01:05:05,713
No, there's nothing here.
1087
01:05:07,760 --> 01:05:09,310
There's a whole series of inscriptions
1088
01:05:09,310 --> 01:05:10,950
that have probably been written about him,
1089
01:05:10,950 --> 01:05:13,573
either with compliments or insults.
1090
01:05:17,060 --> 01:05:18,820
It's also an interesting story
1091
01:05:18,820 --> 01:05:21,270
for learning more about the customs of that time.
1092
01:05:22,400 --> 01:05:27,400
Here, it looks like an L with an S, that's for sure.
1093
01:05:30,780 --> 01:05:34,460
It would work well here because we have U, S.
1094
01:05:34,460 --> 01:05:35,593
Lucius Albucius.
1095
01:05:37,880 --> 01:05:39,980
It would work really well with a double S.
1096
01:06:00,190 --> 01:06:02,370
Once all the bones have been categorized
1097
01:06:02,370 --> 01:06:05,130
and all the skeletons have been reassembled,
1098
01:06:05,130 --> 01:06:07,780
Valeria can now estimate more precisely the number
1099
01:06:07,780 --> 01:06:10,580
of people who were trapped in the Room of the Skeletons.
1100
01:06:14,090 --> 01:06:15,570
An 11 year old boy,
1101
01:06:15,570 --> 01:06:18,290
another 10 to 11 year old boy,
1102
01:06:18,290 --> 01:06:20,807
another 18 year old individual,
1103
01:06:20,807 --> 01:06:22,770
a 40 to 60 year old woman,
1104
01:06:22,770 --> 01:06:26,940
another 30 to 40 year old woman, and several children.
1105
01:06:26,940 --> 01:06:29,620
So to summarize, at least two teenagers,
1106
01:06:29,620 --> 01:06:33,080
one eight to 10 year old, and another three year old,
1107
01:06:33,080 --> 01:06:36,013
a much smaller child whose age I cannot yet give,
1108
01:06:41,770 --> 01:06:44,000
and at least three adults.
1109
01:06:44,000 --> 01:06:45,263
A total of 10 people.
1110
01:06:48,750 --> 01:06:50,390
We asked Professor Caramelli
1111
01:06:50,390 --> 01:06:53,830
of the University of Florence to carry out a DNA analysis
1112
01:06:53,830 --> 01:06:57,740
of these bones, and against all odds,
1113
01:06:57,740 --> 01:07:00,090
it seems that there are few family ties
1114
01:07:00,090 --> 01:07:01,390
between these individuals.
1115
01:07:03,380 --> 01:07:04,980
A woman in her 30s is the mother
1116
01:07:04,980 --> 01:07:06,430
of one of the children found.
1117
01:07:07,430 --> 01:07:09,430
And a young girl under the age of 20
1118
01:07:09,430 --> 01:07:11,033
is identified with her baby.
1119
01:07:12,580 --> 01:07:15,220
One possible explanation would be that this room,
1120
01:07:15,220 --> 01:07:17,290
with a roof stronger than the others,
1121
01:07:17,290 --> 01:07:19,660
served as a shelter for several people trapped
1122
01:07:19,660 --> 01:07:20,673
during the eruption.
1123
01:07:24,138 --> 01:07:27,060
I imagine that men were able to go outside
1124
01:07:27,060 --> 01:07:29,720
and try and help other frightened people,
1125
01:07:29,720 --> 01:07:30,720
especially children.
1126
01:07:31,947 --> 01:07:34,447
(baby crying)
1127
01:07:47,707 --> 01:07:51,624
(speaking in foreign language)
1128
01:07:58,510 --> 01:08:00,520
Meanwhile, on the excavation,
1129
01:08:00,520 --> 01:08:02,200
archeologists have discovered part
1130
01:08:02,200 --> 01:08:04,993
of the intact pyroclastic flow in the Skeleton Room.
1131
01:08:09,890 --> 01:08:11,840
We are hopeful because this part
1132
01:08:11,840 --> 01:08:13,873
of the floor looks intact.
1133
01:08:21,840 --> 01:08:23,643
For once, there's good news.
1134
01:08:25,490 --> 01:08:27,470
For the first time, I have something connected
1135
01:08:27,470 --> 01:08:28,773
that looks like a hand.
1136
01:08:32,735 --> 01:08:36,923
I found it here and it seems to me to be in good condition.
1137
01:08:46,950 --> 01:08:47,973
What do you see?
1138
01:08:49,880 --> 01:08:51,140
A hand with a ring.
1139
01:08:51,140 --> 01:08:51,973
And you?
1140
01:08:53,570 --> 01:08:55,420
A hand with a ring.
1141
01:08:55,420 --> 01:08:57,820
This is great news.
1142
01:08:57,820 --> 01:08:59,050
You said that this part of the flow
1143
01:08:59,050 --> 01:09:00,120
was undisturbed.
1144
01:09:00,120 --> 01:09:01,470
Yes, I did.
1145
01:09:03,000 --> 01:09:05,000
Valeria has also discovered an arm
1146
01:09:05,000 --> 01:09:08,900
and a hand of the same person who had escaped the looters,
1147
01:09:08,900 --> 01:09:11,030
with his legs folded in a fetal position
1148
01:09:11,030 --> 01:09:12,383
at the moment of death.
1149
01:09:13,441 --> 01:09:15,480
A leg and a hand, that's what that is.
1150
01:09:15,480 --> 01:09:16,760
It's undoubtedly a woman,
1151
01:09:16,760 --> 01:09:18,760
but we can't know from just a hand.
1152
01:09:18,760 --> 01:09:20,043
The body swelled.
1153
01:09:23,220 --> 01:09:24,850
Soon they discover a skull
1154
01:09:24,850 --> 01:09:27,350
that has been crushed by the fall of a heavy tile.
1155
01:09:29,430 --> 01:09:30,670
Oh, this is exceptional.
1156
01:09:30,670 --> 01:09:31,900
Yes, truly impressive.
1157
01:09:31,900 --> 01:09:33,440
Yes, incredible.
1158
01:09:33,440 --> 01:09:35,380
The problem is, if I try to clean it,
1159
01:09:35,380 --> 01:09:37,100
I risk breaking it.
1160
01:09:37,100 --> 01:09:38,370
Let's leave it like that.
1161
01:09:38,370 --> 01:09:40,020
We can make an impression like that
1162
01:09:40,020 --> 01:09:41,680
and then remove the tiles.
1163
01:09:41,680 --> 01:09:42,513
What do you think?
1164
01:09:42,513 --> 01:09:43,346
Yes.
1165
01:09:52,920 --> 01:09:55,270
It's almost certain that these two legs belong
1166
01:09:55,270 --> 01:09:56,653
to the same individual.
1167
01:09:58,470 --> 01:10:01,200
While this other, with the skull next to its feet,
1168
01:10:01,200 --> 01:10:02,263
is another victim.
1169
01:10:04,270 --> 01:10:06,040
The ceiling broke the skull.
1170
01:10:06,040 --> 01:10:07,130
I don't know if this happened
1171
01:10:07,130 --> 01:10:09,573
at the time of the eruption or later.
1172
01:10:10,530 --> 01:10:13,430
In any case, this is the most likely cause of death.
1173
01:10:13,430 --> 01:10:14,870
But is it the same person?
1174
01:10:14,870 --> 01:10:16,330
Yes, absolutely.
1175
01:10:16,330 --> 01:10:18,200
These belong to the same person.
1176
01:10:18,200 --> 01:10:19,880
The legs are folded back on themselves,
1177
01:10:19,880 --> 01:10:23,260
but I don't know if she was folded up on the ground
1178
01:10:23,260 --> 01:10:25,970
or if she was simply crouching like me right now
1179
01:10:25,970 --> 01:10:28,770
and when the flow arrived, she was thrown to the ground.
1180
01:10:30,110 --> 01:10:31,860
These people were together.
1181
01:10:31,860 --> 01:10:34,260
They were all huddled together in the same room.
1182
01:10:35,821 --> 01:10:38,071
(rumbling)
1183
01:10:53,341 --> 01:10:55,331
(speaking in foreign language)
1184
01:10:55,331 --> 01:10:58,164
(children crying)
1185
01:11:05,090 --> 01:11:06,320
We've just found a void
1186
01:11:06,320 --> 01:11:07,523
behind the bedroom door.
1187
01:11:10,080 --> 01:11:12,493
Probably left by a decayed wooden element.
1188
01:11:18,280 --> 01:11:19,760
As we are dealing with the last moments
1189
01:11:19,760 --> 01:11:21,810
of these people's lives, the most important thing
1190
01:11:21,810 --> 01:11:25,230
for us now is to take a plaster cast of this cavity,
1191
01:11:25,230 --> 01:11:27,280
created by a wooden element,
1192
01:11:27,280 --> 01:11:29,890
because it's important to understand what happened.
1193
01:11:29,890 --> 01:11:31,850
But there is something bizarre about it.
1194
01:11:31,850 --> 01:11:33,680
It is perpendicular to the entrance
1195
01:11:33,680 --> 01:11:37,160
and it would seem it was placed in this position on purpose.
1196
01:11:37,160 --> 01:11:38,170
The plaster mold will help us
1197
01:11:38,170 --> 01:11:40,310
to properly understand its shape
1198
01:11:40,310 --> 01:11:42,350
because all we see here is a trace.
1199
01:11:42,350 --> 01:11:44,210
It might very well have been a piece of furniture
1200
01:11:44,210 --> 01:11:45,490
pushed against the door
1201
01:11:45,490 --> 01:11:47,740
to prevent the pumice stones from getting in.
1202
01:11:50,660 --> 01:11:52,400
Unfortunately, the plaster cast
1203
01:11:52,400 --> 01:11:54,770
does not allow us to identify the furniture pushed
1204
01:11:54,770 --> 01:11:55,820
in front of the door.
1205
01:11:56,740 --> 01:11:58,810
But it could have been a bed.
1206
01:11:58,810 --> 01:12:01,163
However, there is a trace left by a cloth.
1207
01:12:02,500 --> 01:12:05,260
Researcher Francesca Coletti takes a sample
1208
01:12:05,260 --> 01:12:07,230
to the laboratory to compare the print
1209
01:12:07,230 --> 01:12:09,193
with other fabrics found in Pompeii.
1210
01:12:10,840 --> 01:12:11,773
Oh, yes.
1211
01:12:12,700 --> 01:12:15,090
This kind of fabric is quite similar.
1212
01:12:15,090 --> 01:12:16,983
It is vegetable fiber indeed,
1213
01:12:17,840 --> 01:12:20,183
most likely linen which has been charred.
1214
01:12:21,710 --> 01:12:23,780
It is very interesting,
1215
01:12:23,780 --> 01:12:27,140
especially the passage of the thread here in the middle.
1216
01:12:27,140 --> 01:12:29,684
And so it is probably a seam,
1217
01:12:29,684 --> 01:12:32,923
which suggests that the object could be a bag.
1218
01:12:34,060 --> 01:12:36,280
A pillow, a bedspread.
1219
01:12:36,280 --> 01:12:39,700
In any case, this fabric, whatever it was,
1220
01:12:39,700 --> 01:12:42,523
had to be finished with side stitches.
1221
01:12:53,222 --> 01:12:57,139
(speaking in foreign language)
1222
01:13:04,835 --> 01:13:07,252
(slow music)
1223
01:13:10,352 --> 01:13:12,180
Spring 2019.
1224
01:13:12,180 --> 01:13:15,130
Almost a year has passed since the start of the excavation.
1225
01:13:20,680 --> 01:13:23,240
We can finally dismantle the roof found last summer
1226
01:13:23,240 --> 01:13:25,090
in the House of the Garden
1227
01:13:25,090 --> 01:13:26,940
and see what is hiding underneath.
1228
01:13:26,940 --> 01:13:27,890
T4.
1229
01:13:33,290 --> 01:13:34,123
It's long?
1230
01:13:35,570 --> 01:13:36,890
Each tile must be marked
1231
01:13:36,890 --> 01:13:39,240
and its position accurately registered
1232
01:13:39,240 --> 01:13:42,090
so it can be replaced at the end of the restoration work.
1233
01:13:44,330 --> 01:13:45,773
That goes to T5.
1234
01:13:57,880 --> 01:13:58,780
We're also removing
1235
01:13:58,780 --> 01:14:01,193
a beautiful lion-shaped gutter ornament.
1236
01:14:18,810 --> 01:14:20,653
Under the roof, there's a surprise.
1237
01:14:22,380 --> 01:14:25,280
We discover the kitchen of the House of the Garden intact.
1238
01:14:27,600 --> 01:14:31,530
There's a lararium, a small decorated domestic altar
1239
01:14:31,530 --> 01:14:33,300
intended for the lares,
1240
01:14:33,300 --> 01:14:35,513
the protective deities of the Roman family.
1241
01:14:38,376 --> 01:14:40,800
(mumbles) The architect and computer expert,
1242
01:14:40,800 --> 01:14:42,660
immediately creates a reconstruction
1243
01:14:42,660 --> 01:14:44,113
of its former appearance.
1244
01:14:44,960 --> 01:14:48,980
A wall with unfinished plastering, a stove,
1245
01:14:48,980 --> 01:14:50,630
and the toilets right next to it.
1246
01:14:58,410 --> 01:15:00,640
In the room opposite, we find the gutter,
1247
01:15:00,640 --> 01:15:01,960
which led the waste water
1248
01:15:01,960 --> 01:15:03,983
through the garden towards the street.
1249
01:15:07,120 --> 01:15:07,953
And a well.
1250
01:15:15,610 --> 01:15:18,060
In the room right next to the kitchen,
1251
01:15:18,060 --> 01:15:20,340
we found a family safe broken down
1252
01:15:20,340 --> 01:15:22,263
and covered by the pyroclastic flow.
1253
01:15:23,390 --> 01:15:25,263
Only the bronze elements remained.
1254
01:15:32,070 --> 01:15:34,413
We can recognize the round lock of the trunk.
1255
01:15:40,290 --> 01:15:42,730
Inside, there is a small treasure trove
1256
01:15:42,730 --> 01:15:44,043
of jewelry and amulets.
1257
01:15:45,188 --> 01:15:47,605
(slow music)
1258
01:16:14,075 --> 01:16:16,992
(thunder rumbling)
1259
01:16:21,348 --> 01:16:24,098
(rain pattering)
1260
01:16:33,860 --> 01:16:36,340
Today, the rain has given a big helping hand
1261
01:16:36,340 --> 01:16:38,633
to the archeologists in the House of Jupiter.
1262
01:16:41,520 --> 01:16:42,833
Holy rain!
1263
01:16:45,918 --> 01:16:47,250
So it's a bed.
1264
01:16:47,250 --> 01:16:48,113
A little bed.
1265
01:16:49,290 --> 01:16:50,233
There too, look.
1266
01:16:51,090 --> 01:16:53,220
There are two?
1267
01:16:53,220 --> 01:16:55,070
Here, here, and here.
1268
01:16:56,600 --> 01:16:58,493
This is the mattress.
1269
01:16:59,430 --> 01:17:01,050
It's the mattress?
1270
01:17:01,050 --> 01:17:02,580
Beautiful.
1271
01:17:02,580 --> 01:17:04,440
Thanks to the rain of the day before,
1272
01:17:04,440 --> 01:17:06,330
when we came back here this morning,
1273
01:17:06,330 --> 01:17:08,800
we could see something that we had only imagined
1274
01:17:08,800 --> 01:17:09,673
until yesterday.
1275
01:17:10,770 --> 01:17:13,590
The precise trace of two beds
1276
01:17:13,590 --> 01:17:15,743
located in the corner of this room.
1277
01:17:19,180 --> 01:17:21,530
A burnt bed in the house of Jupiter.
1278
01:17:21,530 --> 01:17:23,180
Would this be proof it was inhabited
1279
01:17:23,180 --> 01:17:25,300
at the time of the eruption?
1280
01:17:25,300 --> 01:17:27,750
Perhaps an oil lamp spilled during the panic.
1281
01:17:27,750 --> 01:17:30,060
But no skeleton was found in this house.
1282
01:17:30,060 --> 01:17:31,563
Did the owners escape in time?
1283
01:17:32,700 --> 01:17:34,100
Spectacular.
1284
01:17:35,040 --> 01:17:36,870
Thanks to 3D reconstruction,
1285
01:17:36,870 --> 01:17:38,800
we now have an idea of the interior
1286
01:17:38,800 --> 01:17:41,500
and exterior appearance of the two houses.
1287
01:17:41,500 --> 01:17:43,040
Near the House of the Silver Wedding,
1288
01:17:43,040 --> 01:17:44,770
at the end of the Street of Balconies,
1289
01:17:44,770 --> 01:17:46,320
we've identified a small square
1290
01:17:46,320 --> 01:17:48,220
in which there is a mysterious cavity.
1291
01:17:57,000 --> 01:17:58,570
Look, look.
1292
01:17:58,570 --> 01:18:00,511
Look, there is a vault here.
1293
01:18:00,511 --> 01:18:01,344
Do you see it?
1294
01:18:01,344 --> 01:18:02,810
Yes, it's beautiful.
1295
01:18:02,810 --> 01:18:04,023
It's incredible.
1296
01:18:06,230 --> 01:18:08,600
It's a space with an arch.
1297
01:18:08,600 --> 01:18:10,540
It could be a structure linked to the presence
1298
01:18:10,540 --> 01:18:12,063
of this water distributor.
1299
01:18:14,080 --> 01:18:15,780
For Teresa, who's responsible
1300
01:18:15,780 --> 01:18:17,470
for this part of the excavation,
1301
01:18:17,470 --> 01:18:19,363
this discovery's highly motivating.
1302
01:18:20,350 --> 01:18:23,030
She knows that if this vault is that of a system,
1303
01:18:23,030 --> 01:18:25,110
there must be a fountain just below
1304
01:18:25,110 --> 01:18:28,060
and that we're probably in a spot frequented by the public.
1305
01:18:30,810 --> 01:18:32,710
Were there shops in this small square?
1306
01:18:35,360 --> 01:18:37,700
We're on the same crossroads where we found the skeleton
1307
01:18:37,700 --> 01:18:39,453
of the fugitive a few months ago.
1308
01:18:40,390 --> 01:18:42,110
We're close to the end, right?
1309
01:18:42,110 --> 01:18:44,670
How long before we reach the vault?
1310
01:18:44,670 --> 01:18:46,253
We're almost there.
1311
01:18:49,751 --> 01:18:50,920
We must excavate carefully
1312
01:18:50,920 --> 01:18:52,670
to avoid the collapse of the vault.
1313
01:18:56,934 --> 01:18:59,101
(beeping)
1314
01:19:11,670 --> 01:19:14,810
It is indeed a partially open water tank,
1315
01:19:14,810 --> 01:19:16,960
as can be found in other places in Pompeii.
1316
01:19:22,770 --> 01:19:24,863
And the little square is taking shape.
1317
01:19:31,220 --> 01:19:34,200
On the corner of our Street of Balconies,
1318
01:19:34,200 --> 01:19:35,513
a shop is revealed.
1319
01:19:37,310 --> 01:19:39,620
Two masonry phalluses were used at the time
1320
01:19:39,620 --> 01:19:41,370
to bring good luck to the business.
1321
01:19:45,370 --> 01:19:46,810
In addition, we discovered
1322
01:19:46,810 --> 01:19:49,010
that the square was also under construction.
1323
01:19:50,080 --> 01:19:52,763
Finally, the public fountain has appeared.
1324
01:19:54,575 --> 01:19:57,060
It was new and had probably never been used,
1325
01:19:57,060 --> 01:19:58,920
connected to the water tank with water pipes
1326
01:19:58,920 --> 01:20:00,270
at the time still in place.
1327
01:20:12,420 --> 01:20:15,010
It's a very typical Pompeiian crossroads
1328
01:20:15,010 --> 01:20:18,710
with a fountain and the entire system of water supply
1329
01:20:18,710 --> 01:20:21,433
with public and private waters.
1330
01:20:22,350 --> 01:20:24,420
And there we have an elevated water tower
1331
01:20:24,420 --> 01:20:26,970
that was used to regulate the pressure of the water
1332
01:20:27,821 --> 01:20:30,520
and its distribution through different pipes.
1333
01:20:30,520 --> 01:20:32,260
On the one side, the fountain,
1334
01:20:32,260 --> 01:20:35,430
and on the other, Albucius's house
1335
01:20:35,430 --> 01:20:37,423
with its private thermal baths.
1336
01:20:41,490 --> 01:20:44,730
The house of the young politician Lucius Albucius,
1337
01:20:44,730 --> 01:20:47,793
the House of the Silver Wedding, also had running water.
1338
01:20:48,760 --> 01:20:51,430
And there are still pipes and taps in the garden
1339
01:20:51,430 --> 01:20:54,053
that are incredibly similar to those of our time.
1340
01:20:57,520 --> 01:20:59,993
Here, we really have very interesting vestiges.
1341
01:21:01,280 --> 01:21:03,830
There's a conduit that went around the garden
1342
01:21:05,324 --> 01:21:08,060
and there the entire system partly preserved
1343
01:21:08,060 --> 01:21:09,910
with all the lead and bronze structures
1344
01:21:09,910 --> 01:21:11,623
for the regulation of water.
1345
01:21:19,300 --> 01:21:21,730
There are also private thermal baths,
1346
01:21:21,730 --> 01:21:23,580
of which we can still see the double walls
1347
01:21:23,580 --> 01:21:25,053
where the steam circulated.
1348
01:21:32,430 --> 01:21:34,200
By going through this passage,
1349
01:21:34,200 --> 01:21:36,210
you arrive at the stable that opened up
1350
01:21:36,210 --> 01:21:38,340
onto the Street of Balconies.
1351
01:21:38,340 --> 01:21:39,850
And from there, you could head
1352
01:21:39,850 --> 01:21:42,013
to all the activities of daily life.
1353
01:21:47,920 --> 01:21:50,250
In the shop around the corner,
1354
01:21:50,250 --> 01:21:53,103
we'll finally understand what kind of business this was.
1355
01:21:55,880 --> 01:21:58,553
A counter appears with magnificent wine amphorae.
1356
01:22:01,900 --> 01:22:04,450
The shop turns out to be a thermopolium,
1357
01:22:04,450 --> 01:22:06,160
a Roman street-side tavern.
1358
01:22:06,160 --> 01:22:08,870
This is the moment, the moment.
1359
01:22:08,870 --> 01:22:10,603
It's the moment.
1360
01:22:15,660 --> 01:22:17,080
It's very touching.
1361
01:22:17,080 --> 01:22:18,602
Be careful.
1362
01:22:18,602 --> 01:22:21,019
(slow music)
1363
01:22:34,700 --> 01:22:36,050
We also find a shell
1364
01:22:36,050 --> 01:22:38,900
that must have been eaten a few days before the eruption.
1365
01:22:42,180 --> 01:22:44,710
It looks like a colander or a strainer
1366
01:22:44,710 --> 01:22:47,587
because I see the holes below.
1367
01:22:47,587 --> 01:22:48,820
What do you think?
1368
01:22:48,820 --> 01:22:49,810
A pan.
1369
01:22:49,810 --> 01:22:51,460
A small saucepan.
1370
01:22:54,710 --> 01:22:57,710
It's perhaps the first one that doesn't have...
1371
01:22:57,710 --> 01:22:58,670
Doesn't have what?
1372
01:22:58,670 --> 01:23:00,790
Doesn't have the base soldered on.
1373
01:23:00,790 --> 01:23:01,800
Great, fantastic.
1374
01:23:01,800 --> 01:23:04,410
The base is soldered with lead.
1375
01:23:04,410 --> 01:23:05,243
Perfect.
1376
01:23:05,243 --> 01:23:06,160
And it's the first one
1377
01:23:06,160 --> 01:23:09,463
with a handle like that, with a drill hole for hanging.
1378
01:23:12,070 --> 01:23:12,903
On the side
1379
01:23:12,903 --> 01:23:16,203
of the counter of the thermopolium, we found two frescoes.
1380
01:23:17,370 --> 01:23:19,803
One depicts the same counter with its amphorae,
1381
01:23:20,860 --> 01:23:25,063
and on the other, marine nymphs from Poseidon's cortege.
1382
01:23:32,930 --> 01:23:37,410
Nearby, another astonishing fresco has just been discovered,
1383
01:23:37,410 --> 01:23:40,037
probably on the wall of another thermopolium.
1384
01:23:43,980 --> 01:23:45,733
Oh, it's wonderful.
1385
01:23:46,950 --> 01:23:48,490
The blood, look!
1386
01:23:48,490 --> 01:23:50,670
Ah, yes, there's even blood.
1387
01:23:50,670 --> 01:23:51,930
We can only see part of the head
1388
01:23:51,930 --> 01:23:53,873
because you can see he's leaning.
1389
01:23:54,810 --> 01:23:56,750
And the other is standing behind him.
1390
01:23:56,750 --> 01:23:59,200
Oh, this is the winner here, yes.
1391
01:24:00,950 --> 01:24:03,700
(crowd cheering)
1392
01:24:19,970 --> 01:24:21,060
We haven't cleared everything
1393
01:24:21,060 --> 01:24:23,040
on the street yet, right?
1394
01:24:23,040 --> 01:24:24,890
Yes, we've excavated the whole area
1395
01:24:24,890 --> 01:24:25,960
and we're almost finished.
1396
01:24:25,960 --> 01:24:28,600
There's very little left for us to do.
1397
01:24:28,600 --> 01:24:31,060
There are no cobblestones here, seems to me.
1398
01:24:31,060 --> 01:24:32,200
Yes, they only go as far
1399
01:24:32,200 --> 01:24:33,320
as the House of Jupiter.
1400
01:24:33,320 --> 01:24:34,153
Oh, okay.
1401
01:24:34,153 --> 01:24:34,986
Don't forget that over there,
1402
01:24:34,986 --> 01:24:37,100
we have the stable of the House of the Silver Wedding,
1403
01:24:37,100 --> 01:24:38,770
where everything is in good condition.
1404
01:24:38,770 --> 01:24:40,980
But from here to there, it is under construction.
1405
01:24:40,980 --> 01:24:42,700
Is it under construction here too?
1406
01:24:42,700 --> 01:24:43,533
From there, you see,
1407
01:24:43,533 --> 01:24:44,937
from there, there are no cobblestones.
1408
01:24:44,937 --> 01:24:46,970
And that's the very well-preserved counter
1409
01:24:46,970 --> 01:24:48,000
with its frescoes.
1410
01:24:48,000 --> 01:24:49,350
And it was from up there
1411
01:24:49,350 --> 01:24:51,400
that our fugitive escaped.
1412
01:24:51,400 --> 01:24:52,620
The first victim.
1413
01:24:52,620 --> 01:24:54,780
Who was in fact also the owner.
1414
01:24:54,780 --> 01:24:56,520
Oh, you think so?
1415
01:24:56,520 --> 01:24:57,820
If Marco is right,
1416
01:24:57,820 --> 01:24:59,460
it's from the second floor of this house
1417
01:24:59,460 --> 01:25:01,160
that our fugitive would have fled.
1418
01:25:02,820 --> 01:25:04,490
Let's hypothesize.
1419
01:25:04,490 --> 01:25:06,110
The victim was found here.
1420
01:25:06,110 --> 01:25:08,013
He was there at the lapilli level.
1421
01:25:09,210 --> 01:25:12,120
He was carried away by the pyroclastic flow
1422
01:25:12,120 --> 01:25:15,020
and therefore maybe he fled from a balcony above the shop.
1423
01:25:16,760 --> 01:25:18,690
These structures, normally you have a second floor,
1424
01:25:18,690 --> 01:25:21,360
a mezzanine from which one could access the balcony,
1425
01:25:21,360 --> 01:25:24,070
and it would seem that it was from there that he fled.
1426
01:25:24,070 --> 01:25:24,903
Why not?
1427
01:25:24,903 --> 01:25:25,736
It's a possibility.
1428
01:25:32,210 --> 01:25:34,200
The thermopolium and its small square
1429
01:25:34,200 --> 01:25:36,563
would have been the meeting point of the neighborhood.
1430
01:25:38,370 --> 01:25:40,250
The customers of this tavern were poor
1431
01:25:40,250 --> 01:25:42,400
because they didn't have a kitchen at home.
1432
01:25:44,140 --> 01:25:46,760
The gladiator headquarters were not far away
1433
01:25:46,760 --> 01:25:48,550
and the construction works on the street
1434
01:25:48,550 --> 01:25:50,063
had brought in many workers.
1435
01:25:51,030 --> 01:25:52,280
So the place was popular,
1436
01:25:52,280 --> 01:25:54,130
which also explains the concentration
1437
01:25:54,130 --> 01:25:56,930
of political inscriptions in this stretch of the street.
1438
01:26:02,370 --> 01:26:03,700
As is the case today,
1439
01:26:03,700 --> 01:26:06,810
it's possible that politicians of that time liked to walk
1440
01:26:06,810 --> 01:26:09,282
and visit people as part of their campaign.
1441
01:26:09,282 --> 01:26:13,199
(speaking in foreign language)
1442
01:26:17,970 --> 01:26:21,133
Also, they often held free gladiator games for the people.
1443
01:26:27,403 --> 01:26:31,320
(speaking in foreign language)
1444
01:26:35,130 --> 01:26:37,540
The amphorae leaning against the counter seem new
1445
01:26:37,540 --> 01:26:38,863
and perfectly preserved.
1446
01:26:41,360 --> 01:26:43,610
They probably contained wine from the region.
1447
01:26:44,800 --> 01:26:47,960
Several influential families from Pompeii owned vineyards
1448
01:26:47,960 --> 01:26:49,773
on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius.
1449
01:26:55,660 --> 01:26:58,720
The last lapilli are removed from the crossroads
1450
01:26:58,720 --> 01:27:00,990
and the paving stones appear.
1451
01:27:00,990 --> 01:27:03,173
The street is finally completely clear.
1452
01:27:09,440 --> 01:27:12,140
We discovered that this brand new pavement stops
1453
01:27:12,140 --> 01:27:14,590
at the stable of the House of the Silver Wedding.
1454
01:27:19,580 --> 01:27:22,020
Albucius and his family could have paid
1455
01:27:22,020 --> 01:27:24,190
to have the section of street linking the stable
1456
01:27:24,190 --> 01:27:26,590
with the entrance of their house repaired first.
1457
01:27:30,270 --> 01:27:32,910
I finally know the life of this neighborhood
1458
01:27:32,910 --> 01:27:34,530
and I think I have all the clues
1459
01:27:34,530 --> 01:27:37,280
to understand what happened on the day of the eruption.
1460
01:27:44,270 --> 01:27:46,330
Here, we can imagine the hectic life
1461
01:27:46,330 --> 01:27:48,373
in a chaotic city in Southern Italy.
1462
01:27:49,820 --> 01:27:53,850
A city inhabited by almost 40,000 inhabitants,
1463
01:27:53,850 --> 01:27:56,233
where everything was changing all the time.
1464
01:27:57,480 --> 01:27:59,710
People were working, repairing water pipes,
1465
01:27:59,710 --> 01:28:02,663
renovating houses, rebuilding streets.
1466
01:28:03,660 --> 01:28:08,100
All of that helps us erase the image of a perfect city
1467
01:28:08,100 --> 01:28:12,113
where everything was intact at the time of the eruption.
1468
01:28:22,927 --> 01:28:25,177
(rumbling)
1469
01:28:40,049 --> 01:28:42,799
(dramatic music)
1470
01:29:21,164 --> 01:29:23,914
(coins clinking)
1471
01:29:42,847 --> 01:29:45,800
The lapilli rain started around 1:00 p.m.
1472
01:29:45,800 --> 01:29:49,500
And lasted until 6:00 a.m. the day after without stopping.
1473
01:29:49,500 --> 01:29:51,640
The streets of Pompeii were filled with pumice stones
1474
01:29:51,640 --> 01:29:53,713
at a rate of 15 centimeters per hour.
1475
01:29:54,710 --> 01:29:57,430
Some people had the foresight to leave the city.
1476
01:29:57,430 --> 01:29:59,693
Others decided to lock themselves up at home.
1477
01:30:02,720 --> 01:30:05,160
The roofs of some houses collapsed
1478
01:30:05,160 --> 01:30:06,893
under the weight of the stones.
1479
01:30:06,893 --> 01:30:10,810
(speaking in foreign language)
1480
01:30:34,270 --> 01:30:35,300
In the early morning,
1481
01:30:35,300 --> 01:30:37,520
as the layer of lapilli reached the second floor
1482
01:30:37,520 --> 01:30:39,383
of the houses, there was a lull.
1483
01:30:43,670 --> 01:30:46,220
Some people thought it was a good time to run away.
1484
01:30:49,410 --> 01:30:51,230
The streets covered by five meters
1485
01:30:51,230 --> 01:30:53,693
of lapilli were now unrecognizable.
1486
01:31:00,606 --> 01:31:03,469
(dramatic music)
1487
01:31:03,469 --> 01:31:05,719
(rumbling)
1488
01:31:23,061 --> 01:31:25,561
(man screams)
1489
01:31:31,192 --> 01:31:35,109
(speaking in foreign language)
1490
01:31:58,276 --> 01:32:00,693
(slow music)
1491
01:32:20,373 --> 01:32:22,117
Does it move?
1492
01:32:22,117 --> 01:32:22,950
I don't know.
1493
01:32:22,950 --> 01:32:25,085
This part's moving, don't know if the other one is.
1494
01:32:25,085 --> 01:32:25,918
It'll split in half.
1495
01:32:25,918 --> 01:32:27,583
I'm holding the other part.
1496
01:32:28,510 --> 01:32:29,770
It is still well-attached.
1497
01:32:29,770 --> 01:32:31,893
It is still well-attached up there too.
1498
01:32:33,550 --> 01:32:35,320
Can you free it on this side?
1499
01:32:35,320 --> 01:32:36,320
Yes.
1500
01:32:38,220 --> 01:32:40,480
I only move when you tell me to move.
1501
01:32:40,480 --> 01:32:45,023
I'll hold it, in case it cracks.
1502
01:32:48,750 --> 01:32:51,183
Yes, I'd say that it's suffered enough.
1503
01:32:52,260 --> 01:32:53,413
We're almost there.
1504
01:32:55,530 --> 01:32:56,790
Shall we try?
1505
01:32:56,790 --> 01:32:58,430
Yes.
1506
01:32:58,430 --> 01:33:01,013
(gentle music)
1507
01:33:21,200 --> 01:33:23,090
Everyone who worked near or far
1508
01:33:23,090 --> 01:33:25,420
on this excavation was deeply moved
1509
01:33:25,420 --> 01:33:27,290
by the drama that struck this neighborhood
1510
01:33:27,290 --> 01:33:28,490
and the city of Pompeii.
1511
01:33:31,800 --> 01:33:36,773
It was almost two millennia ago, October 24th, 79.
1512
01:33:38,530 --> 01:33:41,570
The inscription revealed by our excavation allows us
1513
01:33:41,570 --> 01:33:44,460
to be certain now.
1514
01:33:44,460 --> 01:33:47,160
This adventure will forever be etched in our memories.
1515
01:33:59,580 --> 01:34:02,803
Today, when I set foot in the Room of the Skeletons,
1516
01:34:04,090 --> 01:34:06,053
I relive the drama of these people.
1517
01:34:20,660 --> 01:34:23,723
The House of Jupiter fascinated me in many ways.
1518
01:34:24,750 --> 01:34:26,460
Its mosaics are unique
1519
01:34:26,460 --> 01:34:28,510
and will soon be presented to the public.
1520
01:34:58,100 --> 01:35:01,083
However, the mystery surrounding this villa still remains.
1521
01:35:03,530 --> 01:35:07,580
This is also the charm of our profession as archeologists.
1522
01:35:07,580 --> 01:35:10,513
You have to accept that you cannot answer all the questions.
1523
01:35:25,800 --> 01:35:28,270
In one year, we have only excavated
1524
01:35:28,270 --> 01:35:30,070
a few hundred square meters of land.
1525
01:35:31,040 --> 01:35:33,270
30% of the ancient city is still covered
1526
01:35:33,270 --> 01:35:37,180
by lapilli and vegetation and there are many wonders
1527
01:35:37,180 --> 01:35:39,163
to discover for future generations.
1528
01:35:41,190 --> 01:35:44,260
But for now, the work is finished
1529
01:35:44,260 --> 01:35:46,853
and the fragile perimeters of the city are safe.
1530
01:35:48,140 --> 01:35:50,120
Pompeii has regained its pride
1531
01:35:50,120 --> 01:35:52,080
and continues to share its stories
1532
01:35:52,080 --> 01:35:55,305
with people from all around the world.
1533
01:35:55,305 --> 01:35:57,722
(slow music)
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