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| They are specialized scaffolding builders. |
Oct 2, 2014
Sep 28, 2014
Sep 25, 2014
It's the time of tidying up...
We finished all works on the site on 25 September.
We thank you all !!
24 September “But there's one more thing....”
Thank you very much, Antonio oooooo !!
He found a pretty cute thing in the final 10 minutes of the excavation in this year.
It must be a piece of golden pierced earrings.
He found a pretty cute thing in the final 10 minutes of the excavation in this year.
It must be a piece of golden pierced earrings.
Sep 21, 2014
Sep 20, 2014
Excavation on the ground just before the eruption of Mt. Vesuvio in 472 AD
We remove the soil carefully to identify the ground surface of those days.
Sep 14, 2014
A tradition
An annual religious procession in a suburban area where we stay in the city of Somma Vesuviana
Sep 12, 2014
Sep 11, 2014
Because of the last night rain.......
The ground is so muddy today, and the field works is discontinued.
Sep 10, 2014
Sep 7, 2014
Cleaning and Reinforcement of wall paintings in frescos
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| Before the treatments |
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| Cleaning and Reinforcement |
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| After the treatments |
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| Datails (Before the treatments) |
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| Details (After the treatments) |
Sep 5, 2014
Findings !
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| The body of a marble statue of female figure |
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| Also in this area we found that some huge jars were embedded in the ground. |
Repair of the crane was completed at last after one week of failure.
New transmitter and receiver arrived!
2 September, 15:30 (on Local Time)
Sep 2, 2014
The crane is out of order also today...
We've been waiting for a mechanic to repair it for some days.
And this morning we had a storm for a while on the site.
And this morning we had a storm for a while on the site.
1 september, 8:25 - 11:30 (on Local Time)
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| Before the storm (29 August) |
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| After the storm (1 September) |
Volcanic sand and ash were washed out, and scattered fragments of building components on the ancient ground were revealed.
Aug 30, 2014
Precise measurements and other works on the site
Precise measurements of the architectural elements using a 3D laser scanner
Thanks to Prof. Katsushi IKEUCHI and to the members of IKEUCHI Lab. in Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo for this equipment
And beside of this work......
Aug 29, 2014
Aug 28, 2014
Today's Site
Crane didn't work all day long.......
All we could do was "cleaning of remains".
All we could do was "cleaning of remains".
28 August, 13:20 - 16:15 (Local Time)
Aug 21, 2014
Some excavated architectural elements
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| A sequence of arch |
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| Some fragments of a wall collapsed |
Was this wall pushed down in this way by a mud flow ?
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