It's a typical
summer day in the beautiful city of Pompeii in the year 79 A.D. The
main street is packed with people -- women swishing by in long
robes, men in tunics, children with leather sandals that slap
against the hot stone streets.
Vendors shout for your attention, offering you slices of
juicy melons or sizzling hunks of roasted meats. From the shoulder
of a shopkeeper, a parrot squawks "salve!" -- hello in Latin, the
language of the
Roman
Empire.
You're surprised by how modern this city seems. It has a
library, theaters, and grand temples. There are shops and
restaurants and a market where you can taste dozens of delicacies,
from sweet dates and figs to fattened roasted mice stuffed with
nuts and rose petals. Beautiful marble and bronze
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In the weeks
that follow, people return to
Pompeiito
search for survivors.
There are none.
In fact, the entire city seems to have vanished. Pompeii is
buried under 12 feet of rock. Within a few decades, Pompeii is all
but forgotten, wiped off the face of the Earth.
A Vanished World
You survived your day in Pompeii. You are one of the lucky
few who made it far enough away from the city to escape being
crushed. But before you go home, let's take one more trip, to
Pompeii today. The ruins lie near the city of Naples, in southern
Italy. For nearly 1,700 years, Pompeii was forgotten. It was
rediscovered in 1748 and has been studied ever since.
The layers of pumice and ash that fell on Pompeii formed a
shell over the city, preserving it as a time capsule of Roman life.
Archaeologists have unearthed dazzling treasures, like jewels,
mosaic artwork, and statues. They even found a basket of petrified
eggs and the remains of a bowl of chicken soup.
As you walk through the ruins of Pompeii, you can admire the
remnants of houses, shops, and temples. You can almost hear the
voices of the citizens. And you can see
Mount
Vesuvius. It is silent and still.
But don't be
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