What: This week, Mumbaikars will get a crash course in history as a special movie screening will showcase the ancient artefacts (dating back to AD 79) which were recovered from the Italian cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, that were submerged by a volcanic eruption. Thanks to a collaboration between the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) and London’s British Museum, there will be a screening of the film, Pompeii Live -- Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum, which is based on the exhibition, held at the British Museum. An exhibition on the Indus Valley Civilisation, curated by the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, will also be open to the public.

A marble wall relief of Bacchus and followers (1st century AD)