Osanna M. con Toniolo L., Il mondo nascosto di Pompei. Il carro della sposa, la stanza degli schiavi e le ultime scoperte, Milano 2022.

Through a careful reconstruction of the territory beyond the walls of Pompeii and the villas that dotted the countryside, Massimo Osanna and Luana Toniolo accompany us «inside the construction site» of Civita Giuliana, in the operation of modern archaeology, sharing with us back the thrill of discovery and the passion of their work. Until the last discovery: a room inhabited by a family of slaves who, two thousand years after the tragic eruption, gives us back the daily life of the lower classes, those who - until today - had not left a trace of themselves. Knowledge that also becomes a warning: our archaeological and museum heritage is a treasure to be defended, to be relaunched, to be valued every day. And the villa at the center of this book, Osanna writes, can be turned today «from a place of raiding, of senseless destruction, into an emblematic site of dynamic protection. A symbol of the state's struggle against the scourge of clandestine excavations and the trade in archaeological artefacts and works of art».