Philadelphia – The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia is successfully hosting “One Day in Pompeii,” in which – until April 27 – more than 150 pieces on loan from the National Archaeological Museum of Naples are on display. Brought to the U.S. for the first time, the paintings, sculptures in marble and bronze, jewelry, Roman coins and full casts of the victims of the 79 AD Vesuvius eruption are all there. Together, they offer a picture of what daily life was in this ancient Roman city before the natural disaster. At the entrance of the exhibition, visitors are in a trembling chamber – so as to relive what the eruption must have felt life also thanks to 3D, 4D and CGI special effects. The first excavations in Pompeii date back 250 years, but archeologists continue today to study and contribute to our understanding of what an imperial city of the first century used to be like: roads, buildings, warehouses, brothels , shops with their goods , spas… (9Colonne)
