Pompeii: The New Dig

Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 4

Following the biggest archaeological excavation in Pompeii for a generation. Exciting discoveries and fresco-inspired animations tell the story of life in Pompeii AD 79.

Episodes(4)

1. 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.

Air Date : 2024-04-15

2. Escape

At Pompeii, a new excavation continues to unearth rich discoveries, while a pioneering new investigation finds evidence that some Pompeiians survived the eruption of AD 79.

Air Date : 2024-04-22

3. The Final Hours

In Pompeii, the excavation of a wealthy villa, bakery and laundry reaches its climax with chilling revelations about what people were doing in the final terrifying hours in AD 79.

Air Date : 2024-04-29

House of Treasures

4. House of Treasures

At Pompeii, Italian archaeologists complete the biggest dig in a generation, where they strike gold and luxury in one of Pompeii’s richest homes.

Air Date : 2025-01-20

Cast

Kate Fleetwood

(Self - Narrator (voice))

Posters (4)

Images (5)

Videos (1)

Reviews (1)

This 3-part show gave a deep-dive on _what_, _who_, _where_ and _when_ on everything that was Pompeii: Buildings were analyzed down to the last floortile. Any and all artifacts were researched to the core. Deceased got to find out their possible names and stories. The passion of all the workers was...

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