The Times of Thursday published some interesting photographs of the
excavations at Pompeii, which were also described lately in the Manchester Guardian. These excavations have been going on since 1911, and in -the autumn the results are to be open to the public. Nearly half a mile of the Via dell' Abbondanza has been brought to light, and with it several important buildings, :all of which appear to be filled with highly interesting _mural designs. Dr. Spinazzola, who is directing the operations, excavates horizontally ; that is to say, having reached a certain level, say the top storey of . house, he consolidates his position there, sand until the top -storey is made secure, he does not penetrate to the lower one, and so wreck everything not on the ground floor. The once prevalent idea that all Pompeian houses were bungalows has thus been done away with.
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