Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Pompeii

We found Pompeii. Apparently it has been lost since it was destroyed in 79AD by a volcano. While a lot of the ruins reminded us of the Roman ruins back in Rome, there was something very different here. It was like a snapshot of living in a large village in the first century. Everything was exactly as it was left (minus the destruction and volcanic ash) almost 2000 years ago. There were streets with shops and bars and of course brothels. There was 25 brothels serving the city of 20,000 people. If you discount the women and children, that's a pretty high ratio. The time of Christ was a pretty interesting time. 


As you can see from one of the photos, the people of Pompeii were shocked by the volcano's eruption and were essentially killed instantly doing whatever they happened to be doing. There are several preserved bodies coated in "plaster" from the ash.
I will leave it to you to dig deeper into Pompeii (pun definitely intended).

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