Research Paper On Pompei

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.

Historians consider the Forum to be the ‘centre of Pompeian life’ therefore it is an important aspect to study as numerous buildings and many events occurred there. From the latest evidence, it is believed that the Pompeian Forum was undergoing a ‘comprehensive, vigorous and ambitious post-earthquake restoration.’ (Bradley. 2005, p.87). The Forum at Herculaneum, however, is still buried under the town of Resina and therefore there is not enough physical evidence to provide a great depth of information. Studies were concentrated on the Forum at Pompeii.

He divided Pompeii into nine regions. The blocks in each region were numbered and each house on the street had its own number given to it, so that each house could easily located. Fiorelli developed the technique of using cement to make casts of bodies. He would pour cement into the hollows formed in the volcanic ash where bodies had disintegrated. The excavation continued after the interruption of World War II under the control of Amedeo Maiuri. Under Mairui control large amounts of intense activity saw the discovery of prestigious buildings. For example, the Villa of the Mysteries, the complete recognition of the ancient town's perimeter, the excavation of most of Regio I and II and the necropolis of Porta Nocera, this work allowed us to get a good look into Pompeii's past. The excavation has continued after Maiuri finished his work in 1961. Today, the evacuation of Pompeii is still an ongoing process that began almost three centuries ago. The rediscovery of Pompeii has allowed archeologists learn an incredible amount of information about ancient Roman

Pompeii was founded in 7th century BC and was at the peak of it’s existence. It was even popular for rich Roman tourists to stay there (List25). Even Nero, a Roman emperor, had one of his summer houses in Pompeii, and one of his wives was born there (Cartwright 3). After August 24, 79 AD, Pompeii was forgotten. Soon, grass and flowers covered the city (Etienne 11). After a while, Pompeii was called “Civias” or ancient city (Goor 13). Pompeii's name was

There is a lot of evidence for business in Pompeii, mostly found in and around the forum and macellum, there is little evidence from the corpses found but a lot of equipment has been uncovered from various jobs. The forum and Macellum both played a big part in the lives of the residents of Pompeii; whether they worked there or not, it is likely people visited them very often to buy and sell. A lot of the jobs in Pompeii were well paid, and because of this, it was quite a wealthy

Pompeii was ancient it was located in Italy. The people lived by a volcano it erupted. What remain there were 2000 bodies. When the volcano erupted the ash covered the small houses.

Pompeii had a volcano called Vesuvius. Volcano look like a mountain from far away. There are three types of volcanos. Volcanos

In the video Kathrine Huntley shows multiple examples of graffiti in Pompeii and focuses mainly on children’s graffiti, talking about how the children of Pompeii contributed to the graffiti on the walls of the ancient city, and how important graffiti was in Pompeii. She addresses the fact that children’s drawings are always the same, focusing mainly on the face and radiating outwards. She also talks about how the placement of the graffiti shows how children in Pompeii lived, and their very active lifestyle.

They would take care of their personal hygiene and take care of cleaning their bodies to avoid body odor, the Pompeian women would wear two types of perfume, the diapasmata, and unguentum. Most of the females in the 21st century are similar to the females in Pompeii they both think about fashion and their beauty. They would also use makeup on their faces like a red color on their lips, a pinkish shade on their cheeks and eyeliner, they would also have wrinkle remover to look younger. The women would also focus on their hairstyles, just like the females in the 21st, the Pompeian females had many choices of hairstyles to choose from. The rich women in Pompeii would be the woman in Pompeii who could wear jewelry and also perfume, the jewelry will be made of gold, pearl or another material.

In the late 16th century, Domenico Fontana made a first discovery of the ruins in Pompeii. The first excavation began in a city of Herculaneum in 1738. But the city of Pompeii was recognized few decades later, after the “Rei publicae Pompeianorum” inscription was found in 1763. It was Italian Giuseppe Fiorelli that became the director of excavations from1863 to 1875. Giuseppe introduced a better way

All people have had an urge to buy something, sometime in their life. Bryan Brown wrote “Pompeii’s Secrets” in the New York Times, where Brown reveals that the city Pompeii could give one of the best looks into the Roman past ever found and has so much to offer in educational terms, although it comes at a formidable price. Many would argue that spending money on preserving and uncovering a city is not worth it when consequently there is so much happening around the world that people tend to turn a blind eye to. Nevertheless, the site of Pompeii has allowed the world today to understand new information about the ancient Roman life and how much the Roman people have contributed to what the modern world has today.

During the re-examining the Ancient people killed in the eruption, scientists have discovered that ancient people of Pompeii seemed to have perfect teeth, this seems to be from their healthy diet and the high fluorine air and water of their environment. And we know this because the people of Pompeii and Herculaneum had access to a wide range of fresh produces such as bread, cheese, nuts and salads. Organic materials have been found in Herculaneum including dates, figs, prunes, almonds, chestnuts, walnuts, olives, myrtle berry. Pomegranates and loaves of bread. At Pompeii a priest's meal was found in the ruins of the temple of Isis, this included eggs, walnuts, fish and cereal.

To start, Pompeii was a location for the Roman colony. In addition, according to Janson's History of Art, Pompeii had two main streets which were called the cardo and the decmanus. Moreover, a person can depict Pompeii as a distinct, yet similar appearance in design and architecture of the Romans. The people who lived in Pompeii were artistic, therefore the rich and detailed paintings and beautiful architecture. In Pompeii, many rooms are decorated with wall paintings that tell a story which is left up to the viewer of the paintings to decide what the story is saying, depicting. Pompeii is also known for Mau's Four Styles of Painting. Those styles are known as: The First, or Incrustation style, The Second, or Architectural style, The Third,

Secondly, people’s interests in Pompeii were a lot like ours. The women of Pompeii loved wearing makeup and jewelry. Mostly everyone loved going to the stadium to watch gladiator

Pompeii was an ancient city of Campania, Italy, at the base of Mount Vesuvius. It was southeast of Naples and built on a spur made from prehistoric lava flow. It held between 10,000 and 20,000 people before it was destroyed. There is a modern town of Pompeii to the east and it had about 25 thousand people in 2011. It still currently contains the Basilica of Santa Maria del Rosario. It is also believed that Pompeii was built in the seventh century B.C.