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Tempora, the Italian Entertainment Network and the Museo Galileo are collaborating for the production of their new exhibition «Pompeii Chronicles of an Eternal Culture», which reveals the advanced knowledge of the Romans in nature, science and technique and their heritage in present life.
Scientific Approach
The exhibition is a journey through space and time, to discover the extraordinary level of naturalistic, scientific and technical knowledge achieved in Pompeii and the Roman world on the eve of the eruption of A.D. 79.
100 archaeological finds that reveal valuable information about the era’s knowledge in the scientific and technical fields.
Models of working machines, actually used by the inhabitants of Pompeii to facilitate working activities, as well as the tools used in daily life, make the exhibition educationally effective and compelling.
Emotional Approach
Stories and tales of a place that can still surprise us. The concept not only leverages on the presence of original artifacts and the reconstruction of ingenious machines, their principles still used to the day, but also on the study of the life of the people of Pompeii and their stories.
Many images, tales, details of private and working life have been recovered.
Material that reveals what life in Pompeii was really like and that allows us to recreate the daily life with an attention to detail never seen before.