Whoever thinks that this book is a mere Pompeii guide is wrong. It is the intelligent reflection of a young archaeologist in the 21st century. How a science that has more than two centuries can survive in our world? Gabriel Zuchtriegel He studied classical archeology … at the Humboldt University of Berlin and is a doctor for Bonn’s. In 2015 he was appointed director of the Paestum archaeological park. And in the 2021 of Pompeya.
His bachelor’s thesis was entitled ‘Letrinas and sewerage systems in the old Greek cities’. Only the temples and sanctuaries had these devices. The border between the dirty and the clean was in religion. Zuchtriegel got such important positions Despite the difficulties for being German, A ‘foreigner’, they forgot about European, who accessed a position against the Italian candidates. His good work led him not only to succeed but also to obtain Italian nationality in 2020.
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Author
Gabriel Zuchtriegel -
Editorial
Taurus -
Year
2024 -
Pages
216 -
Price
22.90 euros
Why does Antiquity still interest us? What tells us? These questions are asked by a person who must be in quarantine. And he is right to answer that We are also in that past And we cannot stop counting it and rediscover it. We are tied to him and not by our own will. Those decisions that were made in the past continue to influence us. Each generation redefines its own past. Renaissance and neoclassicism did so.
Archeology is, above all, the reconstruction of the daily life of all social classes. And Pompeya is a mine. «This city contains an praise of oblivion. But after all, without forgetting there can be no rediscovery. Without destruction there cannot be the magic of recovery and conservation. In the background there is no history without forgetting, because lA history always means choosing what to tell and what to omit, That is, forget. If there was no oblivion, the past would not be at all the past, but would still be undoubtedly there, present, current, ”writes Zuchtriegel. Art and archeology are escapes of the present. The ruins ask us to remember them. They tell us about our own soul because they are already stripped of everything superfluous.
What is today the most important activity of archeology? The search for financing. And this subject that is not taught is the most valued by the courts. Zuchtriegel restored the famous tomb of ‘The swimmer of Paestum’, thanks to the largest businessman in Mozzarella. Classic studies continue to suffer the loss of importance due to humanistic decline. The classical archeology that marked the rhythm is now behind the rest of the humanities. But Archeology benefits humanity and is an essential collaborator of all disciplines.
Pompeya is surrounded by suburban neighborhoods and industrial facilities, many of them abandoned
Pompeya is surrounded by suburban neighborhoods and industrial facilities, many of them abandoned. Youth unemployment leads to crime. Pompeya is one of the world’s greatest archaeological destinations, but encloseOut of its walls a great social conflict. The crime scale in this area of southern Naples is composed of drug trafficking, people traffic, prostitution and trade in antiques. Who steals an old object could be stealing a great answer.
That is why the young director of Pompeya He has created educational, cultural, recreational and sports activities. Music and theater have been healer. He has made these boys see that they are also co -owners of such heritage. Is this also the work of an archaeologist? Yeah! And also the direction cultivates the wine of Pompeya and other products of nature that arise.
Archeology continues to talk about aesthetic, emotional, religious and social experiences. And all this has to do with pain, pleasure, happiness, losses and absences, death, daily life, violence, knowledge and knowledge, love, and all emotions in general. This vital geography of the human being, at all times, is observed very well in the emptying of the bodies fleeing from Vesuvio. Spiritual pilgrim qualified Stendhal to himself traveling through Italy. And we are the ones who undertake it to comfort us, to think, to train for the other trip always present.
The soul of things
It is going to the soul of things where ours perhaps waiting for us. “And if we teach new generations to accumulate publications and financing and to design exhibitions, but we forget the feelings, and even less if these are sublime, what do we have left?” Says Zuchtriegel. And to all this adds other questions about matters of no less interest: about the importance of Roman copies; about sexual violence in mythology; on or not to transfer the paintings and statues; the interpretation of the Villa of the Mysteries; the bad explanation of polytheism; Pompeyan rural villas; relations with the media and the use of artificial intelligence and drones.
«In Greece there was no word violation, while in Rome there was only talk of abuse or shameful act. Sexual violence was part of ancient normality. If we decide today Understand sex in antiquity, Together, as a rape, we run the risk of deny Tribute to Margarete Bieber (1879-1978), one of the first women doctors in classical archeology.
I can assure you that this is A magnificent book. And I am glad that such a beloved and known place has a young archaeologist, cult and good director. And so also from the book it follows, good narrator.
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