Dr Jess Venner

Oxford Historian, Author, Presenter & Public Speaker.

I’m Dr Jess Venner, an ancient historian, archaeologist, author, and presenter specialising in ancient Rome, Pompeii, and Herculaneum.

Audience & Reach

Through my digital history platform Life in the Past Lane, my content reaches more than 10 million viewers, with a community of over 400,000 followers across social media.

Ancient History Expert

My academic research explores the lives of ordinary people in the Roman world and what archaeology can reveal about how they lived, worked, ate, cultivated the landscape and responded to periods of disruption.

Affiliated with the
University of Oxford

Published Author

Author of The Lost Voices of Pompeii, published by HarperCollins UK, the book reconstructs the final day of Pompeii through the lives of the people who experienced it.

Using archaeology and ancient evidence, I reveal the city at street level: its homes, businesses, gardens, relationships, communities and extraordinary inhabitants.