II.6 Pompeii. Amphitheatre.

First excavations 1748, then abandoned.

Completely excavated between 1813 and 1816.

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II.6 Pompeii. September 2005. Amphitheatre, central west side double staircase.

 

II.6 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking north towards Vesuvius, from Amphitheatre.

 

II.6 Pompeii. September 2005. Amphitheatre, entrance doorway under central staircase.

The “death gate” on the west side of the arena, reserved for the bodies of the dead, would lead to this entrance.

See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey, F. W., Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p. 215).

 

II.6 Pompeii. September 2005. Amphitheatre, central staircase at northern end.

 

II.6 Pompeii. September 2005. Amphitheatre, looking north from near central staircase.

 

II.6 Pompeii. September 2005. Amphitheatre, north-west entrance.

 

II.6 Pompeii. September 2005. Amphitheatre, south end of north-west double staircase.

 

II.6 Pompeii. September 2005. Amphitheatre, south end of north-west double staircase.

 

II.6 Pompeii. September 2005. Amphitheatre, south side of north-west double staircase.

 

II.6 Pompeii. September 2005.

Amphitheatre, north side of north-west double staircase.

 

II.6 Pompeii. September 2005. North end of Amphitheatre, looking east from between II.4 and II.5.

 

II.6 Pompeii. September 2005. Amphitheatre, looking south at north end.

 

II.6 Pompeii. September 2005. Amphitheatre, looking south from between II.4 and II.5.

 

II.6 Pompeii. September 2005. Double staircase at north-west end of Amphitheatre.

 

II.6 Pompeii. September 2005. North-west end of Amphitheatre.

 

 

 

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