Alison Cooley
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The original edition of Pompeii: A Sourcebook was a crucial resource for students of the site. Now updated to include material from Herculaneum, the neighbouring town also buried in the eruption of Vesuvius, Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook allows readers to form a richer and more diverse picture of urban life on the Bay of Naples. Focusing upon inscriptions and ancient texts, it translates and sets into context a representative sample of the...
2) Pompeii
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"After examining conditions in the town during its last years of existence, as its people came to terms with repeated earth tremors, Alison Cooley challenges the popular image of Pompeii as frozen in time by the eruption, by examining the extent to which the site really was undisturbed for over 1,500 years. She then turns to the history of the town as an archaeological site, analysing the impact of contemporary politics and cultural preoccupations...