NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY PRESENTS 'POMPEII AND THE VILLA'

TWO CENTURIES BEFORE OUR ERA, THE REGION OF CAMPANIA BECAME THE FAVORITE PLACE OF ROMAN EMPERORS, FROM JULIUS CAESAR TO NERO, AND ARISTOCRATS TO RELAX, DUE TO THE BEAUTY OF THE BAY OF NAPLES. POMPEII, HERCULANEUM AND NEARBY VILLAGES REPRESENTED LEISURE FOR SOME AND WORK FOR OTHERS, LIKE ARTISTS. A HUNDRED PIECES, WHICH REVEAL THE LUXURY AND SOPHISTICATION THAT THIS MEDITERRANEAN ZONE REACHED BEFORE THE VOLCANO VESUVIUS ERUPTED IN 79 AD, ARRIVE TO MEXICO AS PART OF THE EXHIBITION "POMPEII AND THE VILLA. ART AND CULTURE AROUND THE BAY OF NAPLES", WHICH RECENTLY OPENED AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY, MEXICO CITY. AS PART OF THE CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM BETWEEN MEXICO AND ITALY, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND HISTORY (INAH) SPONSORS THIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION WITHIN ITS CYCLE "GREAT CIVILIZATIONS". IN RETURN, 'TEOTIHUACAN, CITY OF THE GODS' WILL BE DISPLAYED AT THE PALACE OF EXHIBITIONS IN ROME IN 2010. MOST OBJECTS ARE PART OF THE NAPLES NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM COLLECTION, WHILE OTHERS COME FROM THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF CAMPI FLEGREI, POMPEII. A SCULPTURE OF A YOUNG HERCULES EXHIBITED IS PART OF THE COLLECTION OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART.