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