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Amedeo Maiuri

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Italian archaeologist (1886-1963)

AcademicsLived 1886 to 1963 · aged 77
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Amedeo Maiuri was an Italian archaeologist, famous for his archaeological investigations of the Roman city of Pompeii which was destroyed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in August of AD 79.

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Amedeo Maiuri in Pompei, 1952Amedeo Maiuri in Pompei, 1952Entrance to the Cave of the Cumaean Sybil rediscovered by Maiuri in 1932.Entrance to the Cave of the Cumaean Sybil rediscovered by Maiuri in 1932.

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1948doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris
Marzotto Prize

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Carl-Henning PedersenAlso won Marzotto PrizePaolo VolponiAlso won Marzotto PrizeAldo PalazzeschiAlso won Marzotto Prize

Academics born in the 1880s 3

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About this person

Amedeo Maiuri was an Italian archaeologist, famous for his archaeological investigations of the Roman city of Pompeii which was destroyed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in August of AD 79. He was the first to conduct systematic scientific excavations, analysis and publication at Pompeii and other sites around Vesuvius.

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Academic
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deceased
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Lived 1886 to 1963 · aged 77
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