General knowledge
79 AD
When did Mount Vesuvius erupt?
Experts on human remains at Pompeii and Herculaneum
Who are Estelle Lazer and Sara Bisel?
What is a thermopolium?
Household altar
What is a lararium?
Massimo Osanna
Who is the director of Pompeii?
The region of Campania
Where is Pompeii/Herculaneum?
The male head of the household
Who is paterfamilias?
The centre of commercial and political life in Pompeii
What is the Forum?
The patron god of Herculaneum
Who is Hercules/Herakles?
Large conservation/excavation project currently in progress at Pompeii
What is the Great Pompeii Project?
Pliny the Younger
Who wrote an eyewitness account of the eruption?
Isis and Dionysus
What are the mystery cults?
Wealthy female landowner and entrepreneur
Who is Julia Felix?
Religious cult dedicated to the emperor
What is the imperial cult?
The former director of the site of Herculaneum
Who is Andrew Wallace-Hadrill?
Giuseppe Fiorelli
Who came up with the idea for plaster casts?
The most impressive tomb in Pompeii
What is the tomb of Eumachia?
Fermented food product which was exported all over the Roman Empire
What is garum?
House with scenes featuring one of the mystery cults
What is the Villa of the Mysteries?
This technology has provided information about human remains not previously known
What is CT scanning?
The Last Days of Pompeii?
What are the titles of several movies made about Pompeii?
Public facility in Herculaneum, paid for Marcus Nonius Balbus
What is the Suburban Baths?
An important object often found in the bathhouses
What is a strigil?
Goddess of the hearth and home
Who is Vesta?
A new way for visitors to Pompeii and Herculaneum to experience the site
What is augmented reality?