Pompeii reoccupied after the eruption

[Duncan Head]

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/aug/06/people-reoccupied-pompeii-after-vesuvius-eruption-archaeologists-find

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62wx23y2v1o

[Imperial Dave]

An often overlooked aspect...

[Jim Webster]

It's entirely understandable really. Firstly if there's been an eruption there's probably not going to be another. There's a lot of good stuff buried in there, and for some people, it's home, they have a legal right to land in the area

[PhilM]

No indication in either report of what evidence was used to draw this conclusion, but the original article (in Italian) is here: https://pompeiisites.org/e-journal-degli-scavi-di-pompei/la-rioccupazione-nellinsula-meridionalis-di-pompei-dopo-il-79-d-c-riflessioni-a-margine-dellinconscio-archeologico/

Looks comprehensive at first glance, but there's almost certainly devil in the details.

[Imperial Dave]

a study all in its own right...fascinating stuff mind

[Nick Harbud]

I saw the headline and thought travellers must have moved in...