Nearly one-third of the Roman city remains buried beneath volcanic ash.
Sometime I will have to visit Pompeii, in the meantime I am enjoying your perspective on places you have visited.
Thank you, Daniel! Yes, it’s extraordinary. I want to go back, and see Hurculeam as well (sp?).
It’s easy to forget Pompeii wasn’t a village.
It was a full Roman town.
Excavated, about 170 acres.
One interesting detail: for more than a thousand years after the eruption, Pompeii lay buried and forgotten.
The site eventually became farmland and pasture, with farmers planting crops above the lost Roman city.
Sometime I will have to visit Pompeii, in the meantime I am enjoying your perspective on places you have visited.
Thank you, Daniel! Yes, it’s extraordinary. I want to go back, and see Hurculeam as well (sp?).
It’s easy to forget Pompeii wasn’t a village.
It was a full Roman town.
Excavated, about 170 acres.
One interesting detail: for more than a thousand years after the eruption, Pompeii lay buried and forgotten.
The site eventually became farmland and pasture, with farmers planting crops above the lost Roman city.