#JLF 2014: Pompeii- The Life of Roman Times
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Channel: Jaipur Literature Festival · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism
Mary Beard introduced by Barnaby Rogerson Pompeii is the most famous archaeological site in the world, visited by more than two million people each year. Yet it is also one of the most puzzling, with an intriguing and sometimes violent history, from the sixth century BCE to the present day. Celebrated Cambridge classicist and broadcaster, Mary Beard, shows us how much more and less there is to Pompeii than a city frozen in time.
