Dr. Jess Venner is an award-winning ancient historian and archaeologist, recipient of the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (University of Oxford) and the Rome Award (The British School at Rome), and an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, among other academic posts. Dr. Venner has appeared in publications such as The Times, The Mirror, The Daily Star, and Ancient History Magazine.
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How do you piece together what life was like in Pompeii?
Archeologists are piecing together the lives of ordinary Pompeii residents, from a fish sauce entrepreneur to an enterprising businesswoman.
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Before its catastrophic end, Pompeii was full of life
In “The Lost Voices of Pompeii,” ordinary people live their lives and seek to be remembered in the turbulent years before Mt. Vesuvius erupts.