New shrine found at Pompeii ruins by Neapolitan researchers

Discoveries at buried ancient city to be presented Tuesday

(ANSA) - Pompeii (Naples), April 28 - New discoveries at the ancient Roman ruins of Pompeii including a shrine outside the main city will be made public Tuesday, researchers said Monday. The discoveries were made during recent excavations by archaeologists from the Sister Orsola Benincasa University of Naples.

The discoveries were coordinated by the archaeologist Mario Grimaldi and by Umberto Pappalardo, the director of the Amedeo Maiuri International Centre for Pompeii Studies, the university said. Also to be unveiled to the public Tuesday is a project for the house of Marcus Fabius Rufus.