The Ruins of Pompeii
The city of Pompeii dates back to 79A.D. when it was a bustling market town with around twenty thousand people living by the sea at the base of Mt. Vesuvius. When Mt. Vesuvius erupted almost 2000 people died and the city was covered in a blanket of hot, snow-white volcanic ash, which preserved much of the city’s streets, buildings and many bodies of those that died. Today, visitors can explore the remains of the ancient city and walk along its streets that still show the marks of horses’ hooves and chariot wheel ruts. The city has been preserved as it was the day that Mt. Vesuvius erupted, with classified announcements for shops to rent and gladiatorial contests on the building walls and even charred nuts and loaves of bread in the market stalls. Getting a glimpse of how people lived over seventeen hundred years ago, exploring the city of Pompeii is an adventure that anyone interested in the history of man should not miss out on.
