Pompeii Excavation History: Bourbon Treasure Hunting to Fiorelli’s Method
Bourbon-era digging at Pompeii (from 1748) chased royal display objects via tunnels. Giuseppe Fiorelli (post-1860) imposed region/insula numbering, open excavation, conservation priorities, and the famous plaster casts of victim voids (1863 technique tradition).
The named hooks that keep recurring are: Charles of Bourbon era digs; Fiorelli; 1863 casts; Pompeii Sites park pages; 2015+ Cast Project seasons.. Start with the institutional page at https://pompeiisites.org/en/pompeii-map/analysis/the-casts/ before secondary glosses.
Excavation Trail
Bourbon-era digging at Pompeii (from 1748) chased royal display objects via tunnels. Giuseppe Fiorelli (post-1860) imposed region/insula numbering, open excavation, conservation priorities, and the famous plaster casts of victim voids (1863 technique tradition). The modern Pompeii Archaeological Park still curates casts; British School at Rome projects CT/study the cast interiors. Documentary history of archaeology as a discipline — distinct from Pack 1’s Herculaneum papyri/Vesuvius Challenge.
That sequence is the documentary cut. Dates, digs, museums, and courts outrank mood.
Return and Refusal
Cross-check the same spine against https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/papers-of-the-british-school-at-rome/article/abs/inside-the-casts-of-the-pompeian-victims-results-from-the-first-season-of-the-pompeii-cast-project-in-2015/1F0C97208BF820BFAAF58C5BC3018A68 and https://www.pompeiiperspectives.org/index.php/excavation-history/1850-1899. Those URLs are load-bearing for this page: acquisition pathways, excavation notes, restitution agreements, or epigraphic editions — not vibes.
People and places already named above are enough to keep the file searchable. Do not swap them for anonymous “experts” or “authorities.”
What Votes Still Decide
Excavation reforms and casts documented. “Casts hide modern planted bodies” conspiracy claims are unsupported.
What is on paper is enough drama. Leave the spaceship maps and overnight-theft legends for pages that cite them.