The Buried City - Unearthing the Real Pompeii - the Instant Sunday Times Bestseller

The director of Pompeii offers a revelatory new history of the city

About the author

Gabriel Zuchtriegel is Director General of the archaeological park in Pompeii. He studied classical archaeology at the Humboldt University in Berlin and received his PhD from the University of Bonn. In 2015, he became director of the Paestum archaeological park and museum, before being appointed at Pompeii in February 2021. He became an Italian citizen in 2020 and is currently overseeing the biggest dig of the site of Pompeii in a generation.

Summary

The director of Pompeii offers a revelatory new history of the city

Product details

• Authors: Gabriel Zuchtriegel
• Assisted by: Jamie Bulloch (Translation), Bulloch Jamie (Translation)
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.10.2025
• EAN: 9781399731171
• ISBN: 978-1-399-73117-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 236 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 521 g
• Illustrations: 2 x colour plate sections
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Ancient Rome, History: specific events and topics, Ancient History, 1st century, c 1 to c 99, Archaeological sites, Pompeii / Herculaneum