| The story of Pompeii has always
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| | rebury the area.
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| fascinated travelers, which is why it is
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| | In the 1860's, an excavator named
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| a popular destination. While the city
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| | Giuseppe Fiorelli found that there were
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| represented classic Roman life, the
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| | pockets in the ash he was digging through
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| destruction of it has always been the
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| | and that these represented places where
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| fascinating element.
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| | people had died. He came up with the
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| A Guide to the Significance of Pompeii
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| | technique of injecting plaster into these
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| for Travelers
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| | holes (left by the decomposition of the
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| At the time, Italy was a place full of
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| | human bodies) and was able to find out
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| ingenuity and historical significance.
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| | much more about how the Pompeiians lived
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| Rome was considered the most important
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| | and died. As the eruption left many of
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| city in existence and the Roman Empire
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| | the residents of the town unable to
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| had expanded to conquer much of Europe,
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| | escape, much of their life was left
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| bringing both Roman and Italian
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| | intact. Some died while in the process of
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| influences to the rest of the world. One
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| | everyday activities.
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| of the most interesting stories of this
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| | The houses found preserved a complete
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| time was the calamity that took place in
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| | picture of 1st Century AD life. The bath
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| Pompeii, the site of one of the biggest
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| | houses, private houses, and streets,
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| and most destructive volcanic eruptions
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| | covered quickly with the ash from Mount
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| in history.
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| | Vesuvius, were left exactly as they
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| Pompeii was destroyed in the eruption of
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| | looked when used during this era. Art on
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| Mount Vesuvius in the year 79 AD. When
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| | the walls of homes and in the streets
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| the volcano exploded, the entire city was
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| | were preserved, allowing future
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| covered in layers of ash and other
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| | generations to see the tastes and true
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| volcanic matter. It was not rediscovered
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| | ways of life that early Italians had.
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| for 1,600 years. In 1599, there was an
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| | Graffiti was even found, allowing
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| accidental discovery by the architect
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| | historians to see just what real street
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| Fontana who was trying to dig a new
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| | Latin looked like. Pompeii was preserved
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| course for the Samo River. Although the
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| | in the height of its popularity and
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| city was found at this time, a serious
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| | wealth, and its riches were evident from
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| attempt to dig up the remains of the area
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| | what archaeologists found there.
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| was not attempted until the year 1748.
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| | Today, a visit to Pompeii is a step into
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| Later, archaeologists theorized that some
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| | the past. When you walk the remains, you
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| of Pompeii may have been dug up in 1599,
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| | are literally walking in the city as it
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| but when erotic frescoes were discovered,
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| | was nearly 2,000 years ago.
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| the nudity caused early discoverers to
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