The city of Pompeii and Herculaneum were discovered by accident in 1748. Pompeii was discovered during when workmens was digging through a canal undercovered wall decorated with paintings. Many years after, two Latin inscriptions were discovered, their finding were recorded but their significant was not appreciated. Also during the digging of an artesian well, workers discovered a marble fragments that was later found to have come from the theatre of Herculaneum.
In 1593, Count Muzzio Tutavill was digging a channel to take water from the Sarno river to it’s vill (house) located at Torre Annunziata. While his men were digging, the architecture Fantana came across some ruined building and an inscription that reads “decurio Pompeis.” This
In 1593, Count Muzzio Tutavill was digging a channel to take water from the Sarno river to it’s vill (house) located at Torre Annunziata. While his men were digging, the architecture Fantana came across some ruined building and an inscription that reads “decurio Pompeis.” This