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Pompeii

By Annaliese Mitchell

On August the 24^th 79 AD the Italian volcano called Mount Vesuvius erupted and covered the Roman city of Pompeii in 5 meters of ash and pumice. Pompeii was lost for nearly 2,000 years. It was forgotten. Then it was rediscovered by a Spanish explorer in 1599. Now it has been dug up. It is a very exciting place to visit because we can see how the Roman people lived back then.

Imagine the day of the eruption. First the ground shook. Then light ash stated to fall. After that more and more ash fell. The people had never seen an eruption before. They didn’t even know what a volcano was because Mount Vesuvius had not erupted for 700 years. Many of them did not even run away because they thought it was the whole world ending. They got buried.  

  

Today you can see where they were buried-

And here is what their Temple of Jupiter looked like.

Can you see the volcano in the background?

Here is a street-

Here is a rich man’s house-

                   

Now a big problem is how to protect these ancient treasures against the weather. When they were buried they were protected. Now that they are dug up, they are being damaged by the weather and footprints of the tourists. Sadly in 2010 the House of the Gladiators collapsed because rain washed the foundations out.

I would like to see it one day.