Treasure of Pompeii displayed in Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia
Thursday, October 14
After the Vani Archaeological Museum, the treasure of Pompeii is displayed in Tbilisi, at the Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia. The exhibition Life and Death The Glorious Pompeii, featuring a variety of archaeological materials from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, is organized by the Georgian National Museum and the Italian Embassy in Georgia. The exhibition is open to the public from October 13 until November 8, 2021.
The exhibition will present the history and the tragic end of the glorious ancient Roman city buried in ash as a result of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on August 24, 79 A.D.
Visitors will be able to explore samples of wall paintings, diverse archaeological items discovered in various parts of the houses of Pompeii, and works of gold. Plaster casts of people who died during the eruption will be exhibited as well.
According to the Georgian National Museum, Pompeii, which has been the subject of archaeological study for the last three centuries, represents the features of the everyday life of Roman provincial cities. Discoveries in Pompeii have greatly contributed to developing modern European aesthetics, design, traditions of cuisine, and dining.
Vani was the first venue in Georgia to host Life and Death.
The visitors had a unique opportunity of getting acquainted with Antiquity in the prism of two cities Vani and Pompeii that existed for eight centuries with completely different functions, but both had magnificent history and tragic ends, the Georgian National Museum notes.
The exhibition is the result of collaboration between the Georgian and Italian institutions. In 2017-2019, as a result of joint efforts of the Georgian National Museum and the Embassy of Italy in Georgia, visitors were able to explore the masterpieces of the most important artists of Italian Renaissance and Baroque, modernism and postmodernism featured at the National Gallery.
The exhibition is supported by TBC, Italian company Global Project Consulting, Ministry of Culture, Sport and Youth of Georgia, Tsinandali Estate, VISA, and Georgian Public Broadcasting.
