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On October 24, 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius suddenly erupted, destroying the nearby city of Pompeii. Hot lava buried the city, forming pumice up to six meters thick on the ruins. Countless people struggled in misery and tried to escape. They begged the gods for help, but failed to escape the terrifying clutches of death. It was not until modern times that archaeologists were able to discover the twisted remains of these victims. Alberto Angela has been investigating the Vesuvius area for many years. With the help of archaeologists and volcanologists, in this book, he recreates all the living things in Pompeii before and after the volcanic eruption, and restores the occurrence of the disaster, fully showing the scenes before and after this catastrophe, taking readers through time and space, and immersing themselves in the scene. This book also provides illuminating new answers to complex questions. This book combines the latest research on Pompeii and is both detailed and profound: it is an exciting journey into the ancient world, a heart-stopping report of a serious disaster, and a unique book that is easy to understand, educational and entertaining. "Three Days in Pompeii" shows readers the "seemingly real" recovery of the ancient city of Pompeii before it was completely destroyed by the volcanic eruption: landforms, architecture, city scale, people's living habits, transportation methods, and methods of quickly and effectively exchanging information. It will allow readers to get to know the seven survivors one by one who escaped from the worst disaster in history: their gender, name, age, and occupation. It will provide readers with a true and accurate route to explore Pompeii and its surrounding areas: from the streets of the city to the courtyard villas of the nobles, to the farms on the hillside... In addition, it will also overturn the well-known conclusion that "Pompei was annihilated due to the eruption of Vesuvius" and correct the date of the eruption. This book is a brilliant work dedicated to the world by the author Alberto Angella, who conducted twenty years of in-depth and meticulous research through precise and scientific observation of every minute discovery in the archaeological site, and integrated the research and opinions of volcanologists, historians, botanists, anthropologists and forensic experts. The Italian version of this book has been reprinted five times in Italy, and this book is its Chinese version.

Starting from an ordinary morning in 115 AD, Alberto Angela leads readers on an extraordinary adventure in the city of ancient Rome. At this time the Roman Empire was at the peak of its power. Rome, the imperial capital, is truly a cosmopolitan city. From the splendid Domus to the crowded apartment buildings, from the noisy Roman market to the magnificent baths of the imperial capital, the bickering in the Basilica, the desperate fight in the Colosseum, the drinking parties, games, customs, taboos and even secret sexual activities of the Romans, etc., Are all presented in the author's writing.