120 - Special Access: Pompeii with Allison Emmerson, Former Mellon Professor and 2019 Fellow

Behind the scenes visit to see the excavators at work to uncover life on the margins of the ancient city, guided by Roman archaeologist Allison Emmerson. Emmerson is an archaeologist who specializes in the study of cities. She is particularly interested in the “marginal” aspects of ancient urbanism, not only literal city edges and the activities they attracted, such as waste management and the treatment of the dead, but also the people who have been marginalized both in ancient life and in modern reconstructions of it, including women, the enslaved, and the subelite. Her first book, Life and Death in the Roman Suburb, was published by Oxford University Press in 2020 and was awarded the Archaeological Institute of America’s James R. Wiseman Book Award in 2022.

This visit is valid for up to five adults. Dates available: June-July 2025 or 2026.