Pompeii It was a Roman settlement of the 1st century, which is currently geographically located in the Italian region of Campania, very close to Naples. One of the worst catastrophes of the Ancient age. It is buried under ashes and volcanic stones, it is a place that has talked for centuries in optimal conditions.
Pompeya has surprised this week again because some experts have recently discovered a tests that take a radical turn to the story that was known to date. Specifically, archaeologists of the Pompeya Archaeological Park They have been totally surprised to discover that one of the southern neighborhoods was repopulated after the volcanic tragedy of the Vesuvio which happened in this settlement in the year 79.
It should be noted that the researchers already had suspicions that some areas of the city could have been reoccupied after the eruption of the Vesuvio. However, it has not been 2025 until this year, when some experts in the field have discovered indications that confirm this theory.
The most striking of all is that, of course, these archaeological remains of the “second pompeya” have been present, but were hidden for a long time by excavators to get remains of this old city that was buried by thousands of ashes and volcanic remains.
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Having found the evidence that demonstrates this important information, the Pompeya Archaeological Park has issued the following statement: “The data shows that life continued after the catastrophe, but in previous excavations this often has been ignored: it is a forgotten story that must be recovered.”
The researchers have stressed that the area annihilated by Vesubio never was a real city again, since it really was a “improvised camp“, which was occupied until the 5th century, when the respective occupants abandoned him after a new outbreak of the aforementioned volcano in 472.
Besides, Gabriel Büchtriegeldirector of the Pompeya Archaeological Park, said the following about this repopulation: “People who did not have other possibilities tried to rebuild their lives on the ruins of the city razed. The former inhabitants probably also joined newcomers, coming from other places, homeless, who tried to occupy the devastated area in search of a place to establish themselves.”
