Overview
- An international team from the Sorbonne and the Université du Québec used Reflectance Transformation Imaging and photogrammetry to re-examine the corridor in field campaigns in 2022 and 2025.
- The imaging detected over 300 graffiti elements and made 79 previously unreadable inscriptions newly legible to researchers.
- Revealed content includes a record of sex involving a worker named Tychè, declarations of love, sharp insults, and a sketch of two gladiators.
- The 27-metre Corridoio Teatri, first excavated in 1794, is a public passage between two theatres known for one of Pompeii’s densest clusters of graffiti.
- The RTI dataset will underpin an online 3D annotation platform planned for 2026, and the park intends to add a protective cover, with the director noting more than 10,000 graffiti across Pompeii.