Title

Wall freize from Pompeii, Naples, Italy

Caption

Wall freize from Pompeii, Naples, Italy. Pompeii was an ancient city located in what is now the comune of Pompei near Naples in the Campania region of Italy. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area (e.g. at Boscoreale, Stabiae), was buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79

Date

79th century

Credit line

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Reference

ARP24A01_155

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

145,5Mb (5,2Mb) / 20,9in x 27,0in / 6270 x 8112 (300dpi)

Keywords

Wall freize Pompeii Naples Italy ancient city comune of Pompei Campania region Herculaneum villas buried volcanic ash pumice eruption Mount Vesuvius AD 79 destruction volcano

Restrictions

Editorial use only.