Italy’s ancient city Pompeii reopens its ruins to public post-COVID-19 lockdown

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Italy’s ancient city Pompeii reopens its ruins to public post-COVID-19 lockdown

The world-famous archaeological site reopened to the public as the COVID lockdown lifted

Published: May 27, 2020 15:55 Balaram Menon, Senior Web Editor

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Copy of 009708-01-08-1590579483230 — Italy's archaeological site Pompeii has partly reopened to the public after shutting down for over two months amid lockdown measures to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 009695-01-08-1590579486259 — A visitor walks across the archeological site of Pompeii. The ancient Roman city buried in an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and later unearthed, is ready to rise again from the catastrophe of the coronavirus pandemic. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of ADDITION_Virus_Outbreak_Italy_Reopening_02501.jpg-8f1fb~1-1590579503232 — The sprawling archaeological site reopened to tourists on Tuesday after a closure of more than two-and-a-half months that froze the local economy much as the eruption nearly 2,000 years ago froze the city in time. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 009729-01-08 [1]-1590579494231 — “History has shown us that Pompeii is a resilient city par excellence,” said Massimo Osanna, head of the Pompeii archaeological park. “It has overcome catastrophes, earthquakes, eruptions, botched archaeological digs and illegal digs. It has shown that things can rise up from their ashes,” he said at the re-opening. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 009389-01-08-1590579500364 — Mask wearing visitors were asked to queue in special circles to ensure social distancing, offered hand sanitiser and had their temperature checked before entering the site. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 009514-01-08-1590579491610 — Visitors walk across the archeological site of Pompeii at the bottom of the Mount Vesuvius volcano (Rear). Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 009625-01-08-1590579488954 — People visit the archeological site of Pompeii. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Italy_Reopening_05825.jpg-5273c-1590579520664 — Visitors at the archeological site of Pompeii. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Italy_Reopening_49895.jpg-e76d3-1590579516992 — Two women take a selfie as they visit the archeological site of Pompeii. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Italy_Reopening_42199.jpg-4b7c7-1590579513626 — The Casa degli Amorini Dorati (House of the Golden Cupids), at the archeological site of Pompeii. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 009770-01-08-1590579474470 — A view shows the bell tower of the sanctuary of the Madonna of Pompeii from the archeological site of Pompeii. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 009733-01-08-1590579480234 — People wearing a face mask visit the archeological site of Pompeii. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 009745-01-08-1590579477151 — A view shows the archeological site of Pompeii. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of APTOPIX_Virus_Outbreak_Italy_Reopening_48627.jpg-ff07b~1-1590579497226 — People visit the archaeological site of Pompeii. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Italy_Reopening_56294.jpg-e2190-1590579506975 — A woman at the House of Giulia Felice (Julia Felix), at the archaeological site of Pompeii. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Italy_Reopening_87013.jpg-6801c-1590579510464 — Visitors enter the Casa degli Amorini Dorati (House of the Golden Cupids), at the archeological site of Pompeii. Image Credit: AP

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