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Hardcover:

9780472117277 | Univ of Michigan Pr, May 17, 2010, cover price $50.00

Paperback:

9780472035502 | Reprint edition (Univ of Michigan Pr, January 17, 2013), cover price $28.95

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Paperback:

9781477700815 | Reprint edition (Powerkids Pr, January 15, 2013), cover price $10.00

Library:

9781477700488 | Reprint edition (Powerkids Pr, January 15, 2013), cover price $26.25

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Product Description: Resurrecting Pompeii provides an in-depth study of a unique site from antiquity with information about a population who all died from the same known cause within a short period of time. Pompeii has been continuously excavated and studied since 1748...read more

Hardcover:

9780415261463, titled "Resurrecting Pompeii" | Routledge, September 24, 2009, cover price $120.00 | About this edition: Resurrecting Pompeii provides an in-depth study of a unique site from antiquity with information about a population who all died from the same known cause within a short period of time.

Paperback:

9780415666336, titled "Resurrecting Pompeii" | Routledge, March 8, 2011, cover price $46.95 | About this edition: Resurrecting Pompeii provides an in-depth study of a unique site from antiquity with information about a population who all died from the same known cause within a short period of time.

Miscellaneous:

9780203885161, titled "Resurrecting Pompeii" | Taylor & Francis, January 8, 2010, cover price $100.00

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Product Description: Few other archaeological sites in the world rival Pompeii for the amount of information it reveals about the lives of its ancient inhabitants. Preserved by the catastrophic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, many of the temples, homes, public spaces, statues, and artistic treasures remain intact, providing us with a remarkable inheritance...read more

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9788854403451 | White Star Editions, January 8, 2008, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Few other archaeological sites in the world rival Pompeii for the amount of information it reveals about the lives of its ancient inhabitants.

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Text, diagrams, and fold-out illustrations present information about the ancient city of Pompeii, its people and how they lived, its destruction in the eruption of Vesuvius, and its rediscovery and excavation.

Hardcover:

9780789315694 | Pop edition (Universe Pub, October 2, 2007), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Text, diagrams, and fold-out illustrations present information about the ancient city of Pompeii, its people and how they lived, its destruction in the eruption of Vesuvius, and its rediscovery and excavation.

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Describes the ancient city of Pompeii and the devastation that occurred when it was buried under thirteen feet of ash after the nearby volcano, Mount Vesuvius, erupted in 79 A.D., and discusses the excavation of the town in the mid-1800s.

Library:

9780531177457 | Childrens Pr, September 1, 2007, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Describes the ancient city of Pompeii and the devastation that occurred when it was buried under thirteen feet of ash after the nearby volcano, Mount Vesuvius, erupted in 79 A.

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Product Description: This book contains catalogues, analyses, photographs and drawings of some 2,000 archaeological artifacts excavated from the Insula of the Menander in Pompeii. The catalogues, and analyses are organized by provenance--buildings, rooms, and location within rooms--so that the reader can understand the artifacts as household assemblages...read more
By J. Agee (photographer), P. M. Allison (photographer), Penelope Mary Allison and Teresa Giove (contributor)

Hardcover:

9780199263127 | Oxford Univ Pr, March 8, 2007, cover price $170.00 | About this edition: This book contains catalogues, analyses, photographs and drawings of some 2,000 archaeological artifacts excavated from the Insula of the Menander in Pompeii.

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Drawing on the latest archaeological evidence and ancient documents, a study of Pompeii offers a revealing glimpse into the ancient world of the doomed city destroyed by the 79 AD eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, capturing the complex daily lives of its inhabitants and their commerce, politics, family, institutions, and entertainment. 20,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780312355852 | St Martins Pr, October 3, 2006, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Drawing on the latest archaeological evidence and ancient documents, a study of Pompeii offers a revealing glimpse into the ancient world of the doomed city destroyed by the 79 AD eruption of Mt.

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Product Description: This volume is the second in a series of five on the Insula (city block) of the Menander at Pompeii. The first (on the structures) and the fourth (on the silver treasure) have already been published; the third (on the objects) and the fifth (on the graffiti) are in preparation...read more

Hardcover:

9780199266951 | Oxford Univ Pr, October 20, 2005, cover price $470.00 | About this edition: This volume is the second in a series of five on the Insula (city block) of the Menander at Pompeii.

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Presents an overview of the ancient city, using the latest archaeological findings to examine different aspects of the religious. commercial, civic and private life of its citizens.

Hardcover:

9788854400306 | White Star Editions, October 31, 2004, cover price $60.00 | About this edition: Presents an overview of the ancient city, using the latest archaeological findings to examine different aspects of the religious.

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An examination of the disasters at Pompeii and Herculaneum by the author of Her Name, Titanic draws on a wealth of new information about life in AD 79, discussing what forensic archaeology and new findings in volcano physics reveal about modern events, including the 'collapse column' at the World Trade Center.

Hardcover:

9780380973101 | William Morrow & Co, August 1, 2004, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: An examination of the disasters at Pompeii and Herculaneum discusses what forensic archaeology and new findings in volcano physics reveal about modern events, including the 'collapse column' at the World Trade Center.

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Hardcover:

9780892366873 | J Paul Getty Museum Pubns, December 26, 2002, cover price $50.00

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Product Description: The Casa del Menando hoard was found by Professor Amedeo Maiuri in 1930, in the course of the excavation of the Insula of Menander. This volume provides the first comprehensive study of the hoard, which includes the only surviving complete Roman dinner service for eight people. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Hardcover:

9780199242368 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, January 10, 2002, cover price $155.00 | About this edition: The Casa del Menando hoard was found by Professor Amedeo Maiuri in 1930, in the course of the excavation of the Insula of Menander.

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Describes the discovery and excavation of the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii

School and Library:

9780872265455 | Peter Bedrick Books, November 1, 1999, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Describes the discovery and excavation of the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii

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Product Description: This 1995 book examines the early history of the excavations at three important sites of classical antiquity, which came to light in 1738 through the life and work of Karl Jakob Weber, who supervised these investigations from 1750 to 1765...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Hardcover:

9780521471503 | Cambridge Univ Pr, August 1, 1995, cover price $100.00

Paperback:

9780521646642 | Cambridge Univ Pr, September 1, 1998, cover price $54.99 | About this edition: This 1995 book examines the early history of the excavations at three important sites of classical antiquity, which came to light in 1738 through the life and work of Karl Jakob Weber, who supervised these investigations from 1750 to 1765.

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Product Description: This is the first of a three-volume analysis of the internationally renowned archaeological site called the Insula of the Menander, a major city block in ancient Pompeii. Volume one deals with the architecture within the block, especially with the House of Menander, the grand villa for which the site was named...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Hardcover:

9780198134091 | Clarendon Pr, July 17, 1997, cover price $330.00 | About this edition: This is the first of a three-volume analysis of the internationally renowned archaeological site called the Insula of the Menander, a major city block in ancient Pompeii.

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In an illustrated survey of one of the most fascinating archeological discoveries in history, an expert on Pompeii uses photographs, maps, reconstructed city plans, mosaics, and drawings to provide a vivid portrait of life in this Roman city. Original.

Paperback:

9780810928558 | Harry N Abrams Inc, March 30, 1992, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: An expert on Pompeii uses photographs, reconstructed city plans, mosaics, and drawings to provide a vivid portrait of life in this Roman city

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