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A Guide to the Significance of Pompeii for Travelers

The story of Pompeii has alwaysdiscoverers to rebury the area.
fascinated travelers, which is why it isIn the 1860's, an excavator named
a popular destination. While the cityGiuseppe Fiorelli found that there were
represented classic Roman life, thepockets in the ash he was digging
destruction of it has always been thethrough and that these represented
fascinating element.places where people had died. He came up
A Guide to the Significance of Pompeiiwith the technique of injecting plaster
for Travelersinto these holes (left by the
At the time, Italy was a place full ofdecomposition of the human bodies) and
ingenuity and historical significance.was able to find out much more about how
Rome was considered the most importantthe Pompeiians lived and died. As the
city in existence and the Roman Empireeruption left many of the residents of
had expanded to conquer much of Europe,the town unable to escape, much of their
bringing both Roman and Italianlife was left intact. Some died while in
influences to the rest of the world. Onethe process of everyday activities.
of the most interesting stories of thisThe houses found preserved a complete
time was the calamity that took place inpicture of 1st Century AD life. The bath
Pompeii, the site of one of the biggesthouses, private houses, and streets,
and most destructive volcanic eruptionscovered quickly with the ash from Mount
in history.Vesuvius, were left exactly as they
Pompeii was destroyed in the eruption oflooked when used during this era. Art on
Mount Vesuvius in the year 79 AD. Whenthe walls of homes and in the streets
the volcano exploded, the entire citywere preserved, allowing future
was covered in layers of ash and othergenerations to see the tastes and true
volcanic matter. It was not rediscoveredways of life that early Italians had.
for 1,600 years. In 1599, there was anGraffiti was even found, allowing
accidental discovery by the architecthistorians to see just what real street
Fontana who was trying to dig a newLatin looked like. Pompeii was preserved
course for the Samo River. Although thein the height of its popularity and
city was found at this time, a seriouswealth, and its riches were evident from
attempt to dig up the remains of thewhat archaeologists found there.
area was not attempted until the yearToday, a visit to Pompeii is a step into
1748. Later, archaeologists theorizedthe past. When you walk the remains, you
that some of Pompeii may have been dugare literally walking in the city as it
up in 1599, but when erotic frescoeswas nearly 2,000 years ago.
were discovered, the nudity caused early



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