Pompeii
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Summary
Pompeii is an archaeological site[1]. Pompeii ranks in the top 0.03% of archaeological site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44,676 views/month, #1 of 3,303).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pompei[3]
- Country: Italy[4]
- Instance of: ancient city[5]
- Commons category: Pompeii[6]
- Inception: 600 BC[7]
- Significant event: siege[8], riot[9], 62 Pompeii earthquake[10], volcanic eruption[11], eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79[12], destruction[13]
- Official website: http://www.pompeiisites.org[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Pompeii (ancient city)[15]
- Commons gallery: Scavi archeologici di Pompei[16]
- Population: 0[17]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[18], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[21], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[25], Meyer’s Universum, Siebzehnter Band[26], Pauly–Wissowa[27]
- Official name: Pompeii[28]
- Category for people who died here: Q136411522[29]
- Native label: Pompeii[30]
- Category of associated people: Category:People of Pompeii[31]
- Different from: Pompei[32], Mumbai[33]
- Area: 98.05 ha[34]
- Culture: Ancient Rome[35]
- Director of archaeological fieldwork: Gabriel Zuchtriegel[36]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[37]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Pompeii include Pompeii[38], a film[39], directed by Paul W. S. Anderson[40]; museum Pompejanum[41], a villa[42], in Germany[43], founded in 1848[44]; and 203 Pompeja[45], an asteroid[46].
Why It Matters
Pompeii has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Pompeii is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]
Pompeii has been cited as an influence by Muhibbe Darga[49], an anthropologist[50], 1921–2018[51], of Turkey[52], specialised in Bronze Age[53].
Entities named for Pompeii include Pompeii[38], a film[39], directed by Paul W. S. Anderson[40]; museum Pompejanum[41], a villa[42], in Germany[43], founded in 1848[44]; and 203 Pompeja[45], an asteroid[46].
FAQs
Who did Pompeii influence?
Pompeii has been cited as an influence by Muhibbe Darga[49].