Deciding to use my short time in Naples to see some
surrounding areas as well, I took a short train ride to the ancient city of
Pompeii for the day. When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. Pompeii was covered
in volcanic ash. So many lives were lost and the ancient city was destroyed,
and a metropolis of ruins is what remains today. Surrounded by other eager tourists, I entered the
archeological site from the main road and began to explore the city. The
columns that remain in various part of the city that were once a clean white
color are now a dark grey. The remnants of houses, government districts, and
city centre buildings are now just a representation of what once was. The most
memorable, yet upsetting, part of the excavation site are the human forms on
display that have been cast by pouring plaster into the air pocket of the ruins
where bodies had disintegrated. There are some human figures that are cast in a
position which archeologists can only assume mean they were sleeping when
disaster struck. Roaming the city for hours, I tried to take it all in, in just
one short afternoon.
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