--- title: "News - Pompeii Online" description: "The ancient city of Pompeii: Information on visiting hours, tickets, guides, online tickets, tourist itineraries, news and much more." url: "https://www.pompeionline.net/en/news?start=13" date: "2026-08-06T22:39:23+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- ## [ POMPEII: PRISON BAKERY EMERGES ](https://www.pompeionline.net/en/news/346-pompeii-prison-bakery-emerges) ![POMPEII: PRISON BAKERY EMERGES](https://www.pompeionline.net/images/720x400/panificioregioix.jpg "POMPEII: PRISON BAKERY EMERGES") A bakery-prison, where enslaved workers and donkeys were confined and exploited to grind the grain needed to make bread. A cramped room with no view of the outside world and with small windows high in the wall with iron bars to let the light in. In the floor indentations to coordinate the movement of the animals, forced to walk around for hours, blindfolded. Details Written by: Comunicato stampa Last Updated: 12 December 2023 [ Read more … ](https://www.pompeionline.net/en/news/346-pompeii-prison-bakery-emerges) ## [ The discovery of furnishings from the house of the ‘lararium’ in Regio V a snapshot of middle class Pompeii ](https://www.pompeionline.net/en/news/326-the-discovery-of-furnishings-from-the-house-of-the-lararium-in-regio-v-a-snapshot-of-middle-class-pompeii) ![](https://www.pompeionline.net/images/comunicatistampa/domus_larario.jpg) Small furnished rooms have been discovered around a sumptuous lararium with a depiction of an ‘enchanted garden’, previously excavated in 2018 during the course of maintenance operations on the excavation fronts. Details Written by: Comunicato stampa Last Updated: 07 August 2022 [ Read more … ](https://www.pompeionline.net/en/news/326-the-discovery-of-furnishings-from-the-house-of-the-lararium-in-regio-v-a-snapshot-of-middle-class-pompeii) ## [ Pompeii: The discovery of a tortoise from 2,000 years ago and her egg ](https://www.pompeionline.net/en/news/324-pompeii-the-discovery-of-a-tortoise-from-2-000-years-ago-and-her-egg) ![](https://www.pompeionline.net/images/comunicatistampa/tartaruga-pompei.jpg) The remains of a tortoise, with a fragile egg within her shell, have been discovered in a shop on Via dell’Abbondanza; testimony of a rich ecosystem at Pompeii, composed of natural and not only anthropic traces, and precious archaeological evidence of the final phase in the life of the city, following the violent earthquake of AD 62 and preceding the fateful eruption of AD 79. Details Written by: Comunicato stampa Last Updated: 26 July 2022 [ Read more … ](https://www.pompeionline.net/en/news/324-pompeii-the-discovery-of-a-tortoise-from-2-000-years-ago-and-her-egg) ## [ HE FOUR-WHEELED PROCESSIONAL CHARIOT. THE LATEST DISCOVERY OF POMPEII ](https://www.pompeionline.net/en/news/261-he-four-wheeled-processional-chariot-the-latest-discovery-of-pompeii) ![ceremonial chariot from Pompeii](https://www.pompeionline.net/images/comunicatistampa/part_carro_pompei.jpg "ceremonial chariot from Pompeii") The Archaeological Park of Pompeii and the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Torre Annunziata announce the discovery of an extraordinary find, which has emerged intact from the excavation of the suburban villa of Civita Giuliana, beyond the walls to the north of the ancient city of Pompeii, as part of the joint operations launched in 2017 and in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2019, which sought to combat illegal activities which had been conducted in the area. Details Written by: Comunicato stampa Last Updated: 27 February 2021 [ Read more … ](https://www.pompeionline.net/en/news/261-he-four-wheeled-processional-chariot-the-latest-discovery-of-pompeii) ## [ Completed excavations at Pompeii thermopolium in Regio V ](https://www.pompeionline.net/en/news/252-completed-excavations-at-pompeii-thermopolium-in-regio-v) ![Nereide a cavallo, Termopolio Regio V - Foto Luigi Spina](https://www.pompeionline.net/images/comunicatistampa/03Termopolio-Regio-V-14-luigispina_1.jpg "Nereide a cavallo, Termopolio Regio V - Foto Luigi Spina") The Thermopolium of Regio V, one of the snack bars at Pompeii, complete with an image of a Nereid riding a sea-horse, which had previously been partially excavated in 2019, re-emerges in its entirety, with other rich decorative still lifes, food residues, animal bones and victims of the eruption. Details Written by: Comunicato stampa Last Updated: 14 August 2021 [ Read more … ](https://www.pompeionline.net/en/news/252-completed-excavations-at-pompeii-thermopolium-in-regio-v) ## [ THE NEW EXCAVATIONS OF POMPEII REVEALED IN AN EXCLUSIVE VIRTUAL TOUR ](https://www.pompeionline.net/en/news/216-the-new-excavations-of-pompeii-revealed-in-an-exclusive-virtual-tour) ![Over Pompeii](https://www.pompeionline.net/images/comunicatistampa/pompeiair_small.jpg "Over Pompeii") A drone flight over the ancient city and and the new excavations leads us to discover the newly uncovered domus, including: the House with the Garden with its splendid triclinium frescoes and painted portico; the House of Orion with its First Style paintings and the mosaic of Orion, which is the only one of its kind; and in addition the settings of everyday life. It is an extraordinary cross-section of the daily life of the city. Details Written by: Comunicato stampa Last Updated: 09 September 2020 [ Read more … ](https://www.pompeionline.net/en/news/216-the-new-excavations-of-pompeii-revealed-in-an-exclusive-virtual-tour) Page 2 of 2 ## Schema ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://www.pompeionline.net/en" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "News", "item": "https://www.pompeionline.net/en/news" } ] } ```