Pompeii: The New Dig

Series 1

2024 · 4 episodes · 3h 56m in all · 6.3/10

Episodes

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   1. The Bodies

   15 Apr 2024 · 59 min · 6.3/10

   At Pompeii, Italian archaeologists begin the biggest dig in a generation, where they find a bakery, a wealthy house and a fresco of a so-called ‘pizza’, and make a grisly discovery.

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   2. Escape

   22 Apr 2024 · 59 min · 6.3/10

   At Pompeii, a new excavation continues to unearth rich discoveries, while a pioneering new investigation finds evidence that some Pompeiians survived the eruption of AD 79.

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   3. The Final Hours

   29 Apr 2024 · 58 min · 6.7/10

   In Pompeii, the excavation of a wealthy villa, bakery and laundry reaches its climax with chilling revelations about what people were doing in the final terrifying hours in AD 79.

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   4. House of Treasures

   20 Jan 2025 · 60 min · 6.0/10

   At Pompeii, Italian archaeologists complete the biggest dig in a generation, where they strike gold and luxury in one of Pompeii’s richest homes.