Pompeii, The Forgotten City

Pompeii
Pompeii in Italy
Photo by: Perrimoon, Creative Commons

Pompeii, also known as the forgotten city, was a Roman settlement that was devastated by volcanic eruptions in 79 A.D. It is located in the province of Naples (Campania, Italy).The city was first occupied by Romans in the 6th century and converted into a Resort city. The Pompeii city is an attraction for archaeologists from all over the world due to the fact that most of the architectures has been preserved by the ashes from the volcanic eruption.

The volcano that was responsible for the destruction of Pompeii is called Mount Vesuvius. The eruptions from the volcano were so strong that the buildings and the people were covered in twelve thick layers of mud and ash. After the city was covered in volcanic ashes, it was slowly forgotten and erased from the history books until it got rediscovered in 1738 by workers working for King of Naples.

Before Pompeii succumbed to the eruptions, it used to be a blossoming township and a progressive commercial port of the Sarno River in Italy. The most notable buildings that have been excavated from the ashes are a Roman basilica and an amphitheatre. The excavations also include many intact wall paintings, pottery and coinage. Pompeii was one of the earliest excavated cities in the world, where archeological work started in 1738.

In today’s world, University of Bradford is responsible for most of the excavations and provides the history of the great city in the form of photos available on the internet. Pompeii city is a highly visited tourist place due to its unique architectural designs and

38 Responses to “Pompeii, The Forgotten City”

  1. Taylor Bacewic says:

    This city was great I think nobody should forget it.

  2. Krista says:

    I really wish that i can go to this wonderful city!

  3. George says:

    I wanna go to Pompeii

  4. eve says:

    heey guys i really like this city its awesome dude

  5. bibzta says:

    i hate pompeii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  6. Emily says:

    POMPEII IS AWESOME I REALY WANT TO GO THERE!!!!!

  7. coolpatch3 says:

    i love the Pompeii its a collateral city stuff the people who hate Pompeii pompeii rules

  8. hiya says:

    i hate pomeii ye i wanna go there i will smash u

  9. lucyy cooper from monkood says:

    I H8 POMPEII AND YE I WANNA GO THERE I WILL SMASH U M8 OK CHICK!!!!

  10. lucyy cooper from monkood says:

    BEST M8 CHLOE W FROM MONKWOOD PRIMARY HI EVRYONE I DIDI THIS A HOME SO U CANT GET ME DONE NATASHA

  11. shannon rose says:

    pompeii was a great city and we all wonder how th evolcano started love pompeii lots lol have good luck.

    :-)

  12. shannon rose says:

    In the Pompeii volcano lots of people died which was very sad.

    love the world lots.

    love from shannon rose.

    :-)
    :-)
    :-)

  13. shannon rose says:

    hi coolpatch3 do u have google mail

  14. imma me ebonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnii says:

    this is very fucked in the head how could this happen to these poor people they didnt even get to live their own life!!!! and guess what cunts my dad and principals been there haahahahahahah they say its a goood and amazing place!!!!! ay ay ay ay fuck use b(:::(:::(:::(::(((:(((((:((((:((::

  15. Westinator2010 says:

    Pompeii is an amazing place i would love to go see it

  16. pompeii is amazing i want to go there!!!!! :)

  17. winter says:

    summer is cool in her miened

  18. bella rodriguez says:

    hey pepz i think that pompeii is a really cool city

  19. mariela blancas says:

    hey whatz up=) i am a big fan of pompeii lol

  20. stephanie says:

    I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A VOLCANO!!!!!!

  21. mme says:

    who owns this site?

  22. raha from (iran) says:

    pompeii really nice i wanna go there

  23. Lala cat says:

    Pompeii is an exciting place, but the history about the volcano, Vesuvius is way more exciting!

  24. Lala cat says:

    When you click the picture of Pompeii, its so awesome!

  25. Shawty Low. :) says:

    I’m 2/4 Italian. And I love learning about the coutrny which one side of my family originated. This is a spectacular website!

  26. Cliff says:

    VERY COOL PLACE AND FOR ALL U HATERS EAT A DICK

  27. DJ Magician says:

    I reckon this city was great when i flew over it, it was a great trip everyone should have one day.

  28. Erin says:

    hey well…im part Italian and I LOVE learning about Italy 2… and even though what happened is EXTREMELY sad! It’s really cool to hear about what happened to this place. I mean the people were pretty much living on a volcano and didn’t even know it…it’s just amazing! I wanna go there SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BAD!!!!!!

  29. zarar says:

    This city was great I think nobody should forget it.

  30. Leiila says:

    pompeii is rubbish yeah if i went there i will smash it into a million pieces for u pompeii watch out suckers

  31. hayley says:

    i think pompeii is a beautiful and ineresting place and i hope to visit it someday :) plus,it was also my topic for my t.i.p. project! for my school :) i had to do a model n report :)

  32. Howard says:

    me need mo infew!

  33. Abs says:

    Making a poster on pompeii, need to know why people would go there in that time, help needed, anyone know anything about this subject?

  34. terry abrone says:

    i love pompeii it is awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeee

  35. gear-bear T_T says:

    <3 it so awsome/EPIC

  36. gear-bear T_T says:

    Pompeii, also known as the forgotten city, was a Roman settlement that was devastated by volcanic eruptions in 79 A.D. It is located in the province of Naples (Campania, Italy).The city was first occupied by Romans in the 6th century and converted into a Resort city. The Pompeii city is an attraction for archaeologists from all over the world due to the fact that most of the architectures has been preserved by the ashes from the volcanic eruption.

    The volcano that was responsible for the destruction of Pompeii is called Mount Vesuvius. The eruptions from the volcano were so strong that the buildings and the people were covered in twelve thick layers of mud and ash. After the city was covered in volcanic ashes, it was slowly forgotten and erased from the history books until it got rediscovered in 1738 by workers working for King of Naples.

    Before Pompeii succumbed to the eruptions, it used to be a blossoming township and a progressive commercial port of the Sarno River in Italy. The most notable buildings that have been excavated from the ashes are a Roman basilica and an amphitheatre. The excavations also include many intact wall paintings, pottery and coinage. Pompeii was one of the earliest excavated cities in the world, where archeological work started in 1738.

    In today’s world, University of Bradford is responsible for most of the excavations and provides the history of the great city in the form of photos available on the internet. Pompeii city is a highly visited tourist place due to its unique architectural designs

  37. CHERRY VU says:

    I SAW THE PICTUERS OF POMPEII AND FACTS ABOUT MT.VESUVIUS A LONG TIME AGO I’M SORRY TO THE PEOPLE’S WHO WAS THERE A LONG TIME AGO I LOVE THE CITY.

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