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. Today, it is an attraction for archaeologists from all over the world due to the fact that most of the architecture has been preserved by the ashes from the volcanic eruption.
The volcano that was responsible for the destruction of Pompeii is 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 the King of Naples. Since then, it has become one of the earliest excavated cities in the world.
Before Pompeii succumbed to the eruptions, it was 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.
In today’s world, the 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. The city of Pompeii is a highly-visited tourist place due to its unique architectural designs and its history.
pompii is a bad place to live because people were killed because of the voalcanoa.
the voalcanoa is due to erupt
no kidding emily. -_-
Emily, you’re a really weird person
u guys suck! pompeii really is a great place to live
pompeii is the best!i feel sorry for the people who dieed
im pompeii is awesome the volcano explosion happen 100000 thousands of years ago ! FOR A FACT IM FROM ITALY ITALIAN
Oh really , well before u say that why not check the disgusting crimes that this city was full of.
thats crazy that volcano was really big and scary
boooooo!!!! TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIKE POMPEII
FORGRT YOULL LOL JK (NOT REALLY) SIKE YA!!
You people are stupid. Pompeii is a very historic place and i would do anything to see this place.
It might not be a good idea to live in Pompeii, but it would be so cool to see the architecture of ancient rome
I Can’t believe this poor Pompii its so not fair to see everyone die! :'( i saw a picture of people in pompii that were found in the ashes and some people were skeletons already and its true!!! and one dog was chained to a pole and struggled there for hours and hours but the ashes got him and now he iis in an meusiam we are learining about the Volcanoes & Pompii now i have to write this all down :'( like i said ….poor pompii :'(
it’s Pompeii not Pompii
Pompeii is an awesome place to vist an is a great place for a family trip in
my opinion if u go back to the past Pompeii was a very
well known places and was very wealthy
Pompeii is an awesome place to vist an is a great place for a family trip in
my opinion if u go back to the past Pompeii was a very
well known places and was very wealthy Pompeii is a perfect places to vist for kids and adults basically anyone
At any age
I think that pompeii would be a great place to live
learning about it in school
i learn in school too. have to do report on pompeii. very exhausted i am italian and mexican.;)
Hey i dont really know would i like to live in pompeii but i love Ireland where i come from ;)…
Can anyone give me a few facts based on Pompeii i have to do a project in school tomorrow 🙂 xxxxxx
Same I need some desperate facts please
Pompeii has a volcano called mount Vesuvius.
same any facts anyone leave a meggage at lilys office please I have a pompeiiroject tommorow anyone
same any facts anyone leave a meggage at lilys office please I have a pompeii thing
lol u guys,
im going to pompeii soon amd wanna know the best
Awesome I will to learn more about volcanoes and where my uncle lives he has a volcano:-)
My natural disaster is the volcanos:-)
@Emily. I hope your grammar gets killed because of the volcano
that volcano was AWESOME like me
personally i think pompeii is a nice place to live.
and i think awesome guy”_ _ _ _ s”,and awesome guy should be thrown into complete a bis.
@Reem. Culd u tell me where i can find out bout dah crimes pompeii was full of? U c i needa do i fact file on a man made feature of Italy. Fanx! 😉
uhhh pompeii was not wealthy its was poor and died a misrable death… get your facts right kids
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Bbz Pompeii is all lava cuz it all exploded liek a your mu7m omg shut up bcuz you dont now cuz u hvnt been there, ma mum went and she totes fell in da lava, ow she’s all deed liek, so shut app about tpompay, its shyt bbz xoxoxoxoxoxoxox
Pompeii rocks -.-
The ash and stones,tells the story of the strichen city pompeii.
It’s even awful to look at it getting demolished to pieces
Pompeii is a great place to be if I were you(-:
i love pompeii its awesome but i still go with emily shes right bad place
Y’all all need to stfu bc y’all don’t know what y’all talking about.Pompeii is a very historical place and I’ve actually been to see it.It was an amazing place,I was devastated to see the people,animals,ect.They were killed and covered with hashty
I think pompiie is a good and bad place to live because of the volcano might erupt any minute :-[
But Pompeii is a forgotten city because of the massive volcano eruption. I’d like to explore the wonderful beings of this forgotten city or whatever. BUT I LOVE IT SO MUCH!
I am doing research about Pompeii because I am going there in three days and I can’t wait! I live in Italy, and am homeschooled so I can see all these cool places everybody dreams about going to. What happened to Pompeii is really sad, but I think it is a very historical place that I can learn a lot from.