庞贝：最新解密

　　ProfessorMaryBeard,renownedclassicistandTVhistorian,istoexplorewhatlifewaslikeinoneoftheworld’smostextraordinaryandiconicarchaeologicalsites,inPompeii:LifeBeforeDeath,anewlandmarkprogrammeforBBCOne.
　　MaryBeard–aworldPompeiiexpertandauthorofPompeii:LifeOfARomanTown–willbejoininganinternationalteamastheybringtheverylatesttechnologytobearonthismostextraordinaryofarchaeologicalsites.
　　MaryBeardsays:“ThisisareallyexcitingchancetofindoutmoreabouttheordinarypeoplewholivedinancientPompeii.It'saonceinalifetimeopportunity.I'mhopingwe'regoingtounlocksomeifthesecretsaboutwhothepeoplewere.”
　　Forthefirsttime,ateamisCTscanningandfullyinvestigatingtheworld-famouscastsofthebodiestoanalysetheskeletonstrappedwithin,toascertainalltheycanaboutwhotheywere,wheretheycamefromandhowtheylived.AteamisalsoconductingDNAanalysisofthebodiesforthefirsttime.
　　Elsewhere,thedocumentarywillfollowtheworkofrecoveringdamagedfrescoesandmosaics,theexcavationandrebuildingofcertainkeybuildingsandtheorganisationandcataloguingofthethousandsofastonishingartefactsinthestorerooms–fromloavesofbreadtopetmonkeys,paintpotstopurses.Itwillshinealightontheworkofarchaeologistswhoareexploringthethirdofthetownthathasneverbeenexcavated,andwillpresentauniquefirstlookatthecompletePompeiiinstunningCGI.
　　Usingtheevidencegleanedfromallthisresearch,theBBCOnefilmwillpiecetogetherafullpictureofdailylifeinPompeiibeforethetownwasdestroyedbytheeruptionofVesuviusinAD79.