“Find of the century”: Bath complex in Pompeii shows impressive luxury and terrible deaths

For archaeologists like Gabrielzuchtriegel, the “Pompeii effect” describes sites that look as if the residents had only left the room a minute ago. According to the director of the Pompeii Archaeological Park, this can also be seen in a new find that was presented on Friday: a bath complex with an attached banquet hall in a private house shows the luxury that wealthy citizens of the ancient city had created for representative purposes.