The Bodies
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.
Following the most extensive archaeological excavation in Pompeii for a generation. Over the course of a year, an all-Italian team of archaeologists excavate an entire city block, Insula 10, in the north of the city. The team aims to unearth the buildings, their purpose, who lived there and what happened to them during the eruption.
The excavation begins with the discovery of a large brick-built oven. It begins as a mystery, as it is too big to be just for a private residence. But further investigations reveal it was part of a thriving commercial bakery, selling its bread wholesale to the people of Pompeii.
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A discovery of human bones
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Kate Fleetwood |
Director | Elena Mortelliti |
Producer | Marco Gangarossa |
Production Manager | Jennifer Cambridge |
Director of photography | Edoardo Anselmi |
Editor | Nick Price |
Composer | Dimitri Scarlato |
Series Producer | Elena Mortelliti |
Executive Producer | Ian A Hunt |
Executive Producer | Richard Bradley |
Production Company | Lion Television |
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