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WHO WE ARE
DARIO DAVIDE
CURRICULUM VITAE
BIOGRAPHY:
My name is Dario Davide and I live in Sorrento, in the bay of Naples (Italy).
- I have a University Degree in Foreign Languages specializing in History ("Orientale" University - Naples)
- I have another (the second) University Degree in Archaeology ("Luigi Vanvitelli" University of Santa Maria Capua Vetere)
- I’m an Official tour guide of the Campania Region since 1996.
I've been working as archaeological guide for 25 years in Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis, Archaeological Museum of Naples, etc.
- Expert in Roman archaeology: we can arrange for you a tailor-made tour, specifically for you.
As an archaeologist, I had the pleasure of participating in excavation campaigns in extraordinary places such as Cumae and Stabiae.
Cumae is the first Western Greek colony (8th century BC): from this place the Greek alphabet was handed down to the Etruscans and Romans. The Romans then "romanized" the Greek alphabet and when they conquered the countless territories of their empire, they transmitted their alphabet to the entire Western world. So we could say that Cumae is the "cradle" of Western culture .
Stabiae was an ancient Roman city near Pompeii and Herculaneum. Also Stabiae was buried by the eruption of Mt Vesuvius on August 24, 79 AD.
Scholars believe that it was a very elegant city made up of numerous patrician villas. One of them (Villa di Arianna) was partially excavated by a Russian archaeological team from the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. In 2019 at this archaeological campaign I had the honor of participating.
WHY A REAL ARCHAEOLOGIST FOR YOUR PRIVATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL TOUR TO HERCULANEUM AND POMPEII ?
Such extraordinarily well-preserved places such as Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae and Oplontis deserve a professional who knows the world of ancient Rome well and can make your visit unique.
If you are passionate about the history of ancient Rome, visit the archaeological sites of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae, Oplontis, the National Archaeological Museum of Naples with a guide who is also a historian and an archaeologist.
CREDENTIALS:
- Historian - University "Orientale" of Naples (Italy)
- Archaeologist - University "Luigi Vanvitelli" of Santa Maria Capua Vetere (Caserta) - Italy
- Official licenced guide of Campania Region (Italy)
- Official licenced tour leader
- Participation in the archaeological excavations of Cuma 2018 with the Luigi Vanvitelli University of Santa Maria Capua Vetere (Caserta) - Italy
- Participation in the archaeological excavations of Stabiae in June/July 2019 in collaboration with the Museum of Hermitage in Saint Petersburg - Russia
SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:
- Origin of Pompeii
- Origin of Neapolis (Naples)
- Aqueduct of Pompeii and Herculaneum
- Roman Mortar
- Roman Environment in Pompeii and Herculaneum during the I century A.D.
- Urban Planning of Pompeii
- Urban Planning of Neapolis (Naples)
- Magna Graecia (Μεγάλη Ἑλλάς) and Sicily of the ethnic cultures
HAVE A GREAT PRIVATE EXCURSION FROM THE PORT OF NAPLES TO NAPLES CENTER, POMPEII, SORRENTO AND AMALFI COAST IN ONE DAY AT A REASONABLE PRICE !!!
Why do not you arrange with us an amazing day in the Gulf of Naples - a private tour (just for you) with a comfortable limousine or minivan with driver and an English-speaking tour guide? We have organized for you a great guided tour to Naples-Pompeii-Sorrento-Amalfi Coast (Positano). Contact us by e-mail info@pompeii.org.uk for further info.
POMPEII MONUMENT OF THE DAY
Along the wide perimeter of the walls, still recognizable, opened no less than seven doors. Only of two we know the ancient denomination, but to the other has been ascribed a conventional name that express well their function and their placement in the general topography: Porta Marina Gate, Porta Ercolano Gate, Porta Vesuvio Gate, Porta di Nola Gate, Porta di Sarno Gate, Porta Nocera Gate and Porta di Stabia Gate. At the moment of the eruption the doors had lost their strategic or defensive role for let space to more wide and convenient doorway useful for commercial traffic and exaction of tribute. The eruption has crystallized them in a transformation that has never ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
(Apic. 8, 8, 3) Ingredients:
- 1 whole hare or rabbit
- 225 g whole pine kernels
- 100 g shelled almonds
- 100 g chopped mixed nuts
- 25 g peppercorns
- 2 eggs, beaten
- Rue (or celery leaves)
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 100 g stoned dates, chopped
- 1 tbsp Liquamen (or soya sauce)
- 2 tbsp spiced wine (basically mulled wine)
Instructions:
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Mix together the pine kernels, almonds, chopped nuts, peppercorns and the chopped giblets of the hare or rabbit. Bind this mixture with ... continue
FORBIDDEN POMPEII: IMAGES AND NEWS
Love was a common topic of conversation in Pompeii. Feelings, passions, poetic love, sex, homosexuality, prostitution and so forth were all part of daily life and not a source of prejudice. The concept of “obscenity” seems to have been unknown. Love and sex were considered earthly practices of a man’s life that were encouraged by the benevolence of Venus. The thousands of examples of graffiti found on the town’s walls are unequivocal proof of what the people of Pompeii thought about love and sex.