Ancient Pompeii gladiator house collapses - Ancients.info - The Online Resource for Ancient Coins & Antiquities

vozmozhno · Nov 6, 2010, 05:03 PM

ROME — The 2,000-year-old "House of the Gladiators" in the ruins of ancient Pompeii collapsed on Saturday, officials said...

...Art historians and residents for years have complained that the archaeological sites at Pompeii, among the world's most important, were in a state of decay and needed better maintenance.

Opposition politicians quickly criticized the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, particularly Culture Minister Sandro Bondi, for allowing the site to degrade in recent years.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40043231...d_news-europe/

4to2centophilia · Nov 6, 2010, 08:47 PM

This really saddens me............and aggravates me. Over the years, I have read the reports of the neglect. I kept hoping that the reports would generate some effort to reverse the ambivalence of the Italian govt.

My frustrations are many, but when countries are crying that their heritage is being stolen by collectors, and the Italian govt neglects something as significant as Pompeii or Herculaneum, it stinks of hypocrisy.

They don't deserve the privilege of protecting civilizations history.

The Met should have kept it treasures.

I will feel far less guilty about my buying in the future.

Tirade now finished.

Flavus · Nov 6, 2010, 09:00 PM

This is awful. And really sad.

4to2centophilia · Nov 7, 2010, 04:06 AM

and the furor grows

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/...i.html?_r=1&hp

paul1888 · Nov 8, 2010, 05:24 AM

I suppose Italy needs to control the international trade of antiquities so that they can "take care" of them all. Why keep them in the private hands of a museum or private collector when they can be destroyed by a mismanaged government organization. Makes you question why they are so concerned about international trade in antiquities.

El Reye · Nov 10, 2010, 06:30 PM

Mistake number 1, entrust government bureaucrats and politicians to properly maintain and preserve anything.

pantheon · Nov 11, 2010, 06:35 AM

I learned about this late; thanks for providing information and links about it. It is absolutely depressing in the extreme.

4to2centophilia · Dec 1, 2010, 03:43 AM

And so it continues

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010...e.html?_r=1&hp

Nov 6, 2010, 05:03 PM	#1
vozmozhno Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 375	Ancient Pompeii gladiator house collapses ROME — The 2,000-year-old "House of the Gladiators" in the ruins of ancient Pompeii collapsed on Saturday, officials said... ...Art historians and residents for years have complained that the archaeological sites at Pompeii, among the world's most important, were in a state of decay and needed better maintenance. Opposition politicians quickly criticized the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, particularly Culture Minister Sandro Bondi, for allowing the site to degrade in recent years. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40043231...d_news-europe/

Nov 6, 2010, 08:47 PM	#2
4to2centophilia Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,358	This really saddens me............and aggravates me. Over the years, I have read the reports of the neglect. I kept hoping that the reports would generate some effort to reverse the ambivalence of the Italian govt. My frustrations are many, but when countries are crying that their heritage is being stolen by collectors, and the Italian govt neglects something as significant as Pompeii or Herculaneum, it stinks of hypocrisy. They don't deserve the privilege of protecting civilizations history. The Met should have kept it treasures. I will feel far less guilty about my buying in the future. Tirade now finished. __________________ . . "When you are in Rome live in the Roman style; when you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere" St. Ambrose (340-397) to St. Augustine."

Nov 7, 2010, 04:06 AM	#4
4to2centophilia Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,358	and the furor grows http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/...i.html?_r=1&hp __________________ . . "When you are in Rome live in the Roman style; when you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere" St. Ambrose (340-397) to St. Augustine."

Nov 8, 2010, 05:24 AM	#5
paul1888 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 246	What a shame I suppose Italy needs to control the international trade of antiquities so that they can "take care" of them all. Why keep them in the private hands of a museum or private collector when they can be destroyed by a mismanaged government organization. Makes you question why they are so concerned about international trade in antiquities.

Nov 11, 2010, 06:35 AM	#7
pantheon Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 324	I learned about this late; thanks for providing information and links about it. It is absolutely depressing in the extreme. __________________ William Joy

Nov 6, 2010, 09:00 PM	#3
Flavus Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 154	This is awful. And really sad.

Nov 10, 2010, 06:30 PM	#6
El Reye Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: California Posts: 16	Mistake number 1, entrust government bureaucrats and politicians to properly maintain and preserve anything.

Dec 1, 2010, 03:43 AM	#8
4to2centophilia Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,358	And so it continues http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010...e.html?_r=1&hp __________________ . . "When you are in Rome live in the Roman style; when you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere" St. Ambrose (340-397) to St. Augustine."

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