15 May 2015 ~ Pompeii

Listening to: The Abyssinians ~ Thunderstorm

The city of Pompeii was an ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania. Pompeii, and many villas in the surrounding area, was mostly destroyed and buried under 13 to 20 feet of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

The excavated city offers a snapshot of Roman life in the 1st century, frozen at the moment it was buried.

The theater and "gladiator" sporting area.

The façade of a house.

The original pizza oven.

Drinking water.

Columns.

Frescos.