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The National Archaeological Museum of Naples is the most important archaeological collection of Greek and Roman sculptures.
The particularly rich collection of Greek and Roman sculptures comes from excavations at Pompeii, Herculaneum, and nearby archaeological sites around Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, silent witnesses to one of the most famous vulcano eruptions in the history of mankind.
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Duration: 2 to 3 hours
Starts: Naples, Italy
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Skip-the-Line Tours
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The National Archaeological Museum of Naples is the most important archaeological collection of Greek and Roman sculptures.
The particularly rich collection of Greek and Roman sculptures comes from excavations at Pompeii, Herculaneum, and nearby archaeological sites around Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, silent witnesses to one of the most famous vulcano eruptions in the history of mankind.
Visit: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Piazza Museo Nazionale 19, 80135, Naples Italy
On August 24, 79 AD, Vesuvius erupted in what was to be one of the biggest, deadliest, and most famous vulcano eruptions in the history of mankind…
On your visit to the National Archaeological Museum in Naples you will see objects of rare beauty. Many of these silent witnesses to the eruption were unearthed only recently from excavations at Pompeii, Herculaneum, and nearby archaeological sites around Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields.
Frescoes exhibited in the Wall Paintings Room are mainly portions of decorated wall plaster removed from the buildings buried by the eruption of the Vesuvius in 79 AD. The collection is an exceptional record of the art of decorative painting in Roman times. The fragments represent several themes: mythology and literature, still lives and landscapes, portraits, scenes of daily life, and religious ceremonies related to the household gods.
Another room shows the wall paintings removed from the temple of Isis in Pompeii.
