Italy – Naples (Pompeii)
4 Comments February 11, 2010 / Posted in Travel
Pompeii - temple with Mt Vesuvius on the background
Pompeii has to be one of my favourite places in Italy. It’s a frozen ancient civilisation. A visit to this archeological site is in my “must do” list.
I was told I could spend months exploring Pompeii. I decided to hire a local guide to take me through the site in a square 2 hour time slot.
Pompeii is located at Naples region off Italy (which is down the south of the main Italy Island). Mt Vesuvius exploded in AD79 without any warning. The civilization did not get a chance to escape the eruption. The whole thing got buried under 6 meters of volcanic ash, frozen and preserved overtime. The excavation of the city is still occurring till this day.
Pompeii was a wealthy resort town. As I explored the archeological site, it had a grandeur temple, a forum, an amphitheatre, wealthy residential homes with marble floors, a bath house, a road designed for a horse cart, restaurants, water fountain, lead pipes and a brothel. What impressed me the most were the bodies preserved at the exact moment that people were engulfed by the eruptions, their body gestures and facial expression frozen in time.
I ended up buying the souvenir book which has a DVD of before and after the eruption. It has to be the best souvenir I have ever bought.
When you walk out of the archeological site, make sure you buy lemon Granita, it’s one of the best lemon Granita’s you can get 
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- Ancient Kitchen
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- Ancient Spa with technology marvel
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- Pompeii Bath House
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- Brothel at Pompeii – the most interesting site :)
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- Body and facial expression frozen in time
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- Pompeii – temple with Mt Vesuvius on the background
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- Pompeii – entrance
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- Re-living the life in Pompeii – walking on the main road facing Mt Vesuvius
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- One of the many wall decoration at Pompeii Brothel
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- One of the many wall decoration at Pompeii Brothel
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- Temple and Forum
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- Horse Carriage Cart – Tyre Track (preserved in time at Pompeii till this day)
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