POMPEII

Pompeii was a commercial port along the Mediterranean Sea with a population of 20,000, than the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 A.D. trapped thousands but preserved everything quite well. It was rediscovered in the 1600s, excavations began in 1748. Only about a third of the city has been excavated, about 30 acres.

View of Mount Vesuvius
The volcano that buried Pompeii under 20 feet of mud and volcanic ash in 79 AD

View of Mediterranean Sea from Pompeii

Entrance into the ruins of Pompeii

Edge of Pompeii

Basilica
(governmental purposes)

Colosseum

Preserved fresco of Venus in a house

Preserved floor mosaic in a house