Pompeii People Frozen In Time
See the incredible ruins of this ancient ill fated city on day trips from rome to pompeii.
Pompeii people frozen in time. The city of pompeii uniquely captures the publics imagination in ad79 a legendary volcanic disaster left its citizens preserved in ashes to this very. Short films about the science behind how the victims of pompeii died in ad79. Pompeii p m p e i was an ancient roman city near modern naples in the campania region of italy in the territory of the comune of pompei. Pompeii remained mostly untouched until 1748 when a group of explorers looking for ancient artifacts arrived in campania and began to dig.
The bodies of pompeii which was destroyed by mount vesuvius in 79 ad show the final harrowing moments of its residents who became frozen in time. Pompeii and its neighbour herculaneum are among the oldest archaeological sites in the world but today they risk destruction by exposure to the elements tourist.