Pompeii excavation

The massive, severe fagade of large blocks of limestone and the internal positioning of the rooms makes this the most typical and best preserved example of a house of the Calcareous age IV-III century B.C. derived from the oldest scheme of the Italian house. The changes which took place have not altered its primitive character. A precious series of surgical instruments was found in this house, which constitutes one of the most important pieces of evidence of ancient surgery. They are now kept in the Museum of Naples. Although the tombs brought to light outside Porta Nocera are doubtlessly of historical and architectural interest, the most famous and most complete necroplis of Pompeii, connected to the first discoveries of the city, is that outside Porta Ercolano. It is to be found in the northern suburb and is known as ‘Via dei Sepolcri’. On the walls of the pretty nymphaeum there is a large landscape showing seaside and country houses.