~ About Me ~

Hi, I’m Dr. Estelle Lazer.

I’ve spent nearly four decades trying to understand the human experiences of the victims of the eruption at Mt Vesuvius in AD79. As co-director of The Pompeii Cast Project with Associate Professor Kathryn Welch, I’ve used the latest scientific and imaging technologies on human remains to try to discover the true stories of the people who met their end on that fateful day and I’ve even challenged some myths along the way.

In addition to my field work at Pompeii, I lead student and open-age tours to the site, provide teacher professional development and student lectures, do seasonal lecturing at various universities and write and am interviewed widely about the eruption and its aftermath.

I hope I can inspire you to try to find the humanity in the past.