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Amedeo Maiuri

Amedeo Maiuri, born in 1886 in Veroli and died on 7 April 1963 at Naples , was an archaeologist Italian.

Amedeo Maiuri is responsible between 1913 and 1924 an archaeological expedition in the Aegean , with the office of Director of the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes and superintendent of the Excavations Dodecanese , under Italian occupation at the time. After these activities, he returned to Italy , where he oversaw the position of Director of National Museum of Naples (1924-61) and directs the excavations allowed the discovery of the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum (1924 to 1961) and the Villa Jovis on the island of Capri. Subsequently, he became a member of the Accademia dei Lincei.

Publications

L'ultima fase di Edilizia Pompei, Rome, 1941
Pompei ed Ercolano: Fra e abitanti box, Letra Venezie, 1950, 296 pages
Studi e ricerche sull'anfiteatro flavio puteolano, 1955
Roman Painting, French translation of Rosabianca, Skira, 1953, 155 pages
Vecchie e nuove Cronache dell'archeologia campana, Naples, 1955
Ercolano. I nuovi Scavi (1927-1958), Libreria dello Stato, 1958
Lettere di Tiberio da Capri, Fiorentino, 1961, 143 pages
Naples, Pompeii, Herculaneum: Walks in Campania, French translation by Denise Crescenzi, Arthaud, 1962, 275 pages