The British School at Rome Pompeii Project provides panoramas of a block of houses, images of objects, 3D models and reconstructions from a section of the city.
The Pompeii Casts Project based at the University of Sydney uses digital imaging and scientific analysis to learn about the human victims of the eruption of Mt Vesuvius in AD 79. Links to lectures and podcasts are available.
This BBC article, 'Pompeii: Portents of Disaster', provides a detailed account about the disaster at Pompeii and highlights why people were unprepared for the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius even though the signs were there.
This BBC article, 'Pompeii: Its Discovery and Preservation', explains how Pompeii has survived to to enable archaeologists and the present day visitor to understand what town-life was like under Roman rule.
Interactive Dig Pompeii from the Archaeological Institute of America has photographic information and field work notes related to the excavations at the site.
This site has click on maps and building plans with brief descriptions of important features of Pompeii. The site includes reconstruction pictures, Quicktime video and a timeline to show aspects of the city as it once looked.
A free downloadable resource from the British Museum, this slideshow includes site photography and highlights objects from the exhibition on Pompeii and Herculaneum, providing an unparalleled glimpse into the daily life of the Roman Empire.
This BBC gallery of images, 'Work and Play in Everyday Pompeii', provides text accompanied descriptions of objects from the site. Topics include: the kitchen, house of the baker, banquet, worship of Isis, game-players, forum baths, glass vessels, carbonised eggs and a carpenter at work.
Zero One created this animation to provide a fact-based visual interpretation of the drama and terror of Pompeii's citizens long ago, and show how a series of volcanic eruptions wiped out the town over 48 hours.
This website provides links to various archaeological projects in various parts of the city of Pompeii. For example Regio I has a link to the website of the British School in Rome.
This site about ancient Rome from the BBC gives information about topics like the Roman Empire, Roman amphitheatre, Pompeii, Life in Ancient Rome, Gladiators, Romans in Britain, Roman technology and an ancient Rome timeline.
This webpage provides images and brief information about the Italian volcano, Vesuvius that erupted in AD79 and destroyed the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum. The article outlines the risks from further eruptions.
The British Museum presents a timeline of the day Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, and, with an eyewitness account alongside archaeological evidence, pieces together the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
The Herculaneum Conservation Project provides information on the conservation and archaeology of the fragile site of Herculaneum overwhelmed by the same volcanic eruption of Vesuvius as its neighbouring city of Pompeii in AD 79.
Inexhibit page on the Herculaneum archaeological site features the ruins of the ancient Roman city, destroyed by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. It describes the differences between Pompeii and Herculaneum, and provides images of the Herculaneum site.
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