life in Pompeii was similar to ours “I heard a big bang, so I looked outside. There was black smoke all around us.”Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii, Italy suddenly exploded in the year 79 A.D. It caused many deaths, but is now a very historic site. Before Mount Vesuvius erupted, the people in Pompeii lived a similar life as we do now. Their values, work, and gadgets are similar to what we have now. For starters, the people of Pompeii’s values are similar to ours now. When the people of Pompeii died
Life Before the Eruption The year was 79 A.D. The people of Pompeii were going about their daily lives, when suddenly, the entire top of the nearby volcano, Mount Vesuvius, exploded. Within days, the entire metropolis was buried under twenty feet of stones and ash as lethal gas filled the air, causing approximately 22,000 casualties. Because Pompeii was so well preserved by the stones and ash, it provides insight on what daily life in Pompeii was like. From the archeologists’ findings we can tell that
flows. It has erupted more than 50 times. Mount Vesuvius is most famous for its eruption that took place in the year 79 A.D. This eruption was the destruction of Pompeii and other surrounding cities, like Herculaneum. This eruption had buried the ancient roman city, known as Pompeii under a blanket of volcanic ash. The Ancient City of Pompeii held 20,000 residents, had thriving markets, beautiful homes, indoor running water, public baths and a beautiful port, which was used for many imports and exports
‘How have archaeological investigations added to our knowledge of the ancient world?’ Archaeology offers us a very unique perspective on human history and their culture which has contributed immensely to our understanding of both the ancient and the recent past. Archaeology helps us to understand not only when and where people lived on this earth but also why and how they lived. It examines the changes and causes of changed which have occurred in human cultures over time, it seeks patterns and
Ancient Rome Pompeii One of the most significant proofs of the Ancient Roman Civilisation is Pompeii. Ever since the Ancient Greeks settled in the area in the 8th century B.C, the region around Mount Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples attracted wealthy vacationers (A + E Networks). By the first Century A.D, the town of Pompeii, which was located 5 miles from the mountain was one of Rome’s most prosperous resorts for most distinguished citizens. Exquisite houses and villas lined the paved streets. It
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
discussed in this paper is Pompeii. The città of Pompeii was located near the Mount Vesuvius. This volcano is close to the bay of Naples since it is hundreds of thousands of years old. Leading to the destruction of this ancient città later on. Although the volcano has erupted over 50 times, the one that is the most famous occurred in 79 A.D., in the città of Pompeii. Before this occurred Pompeii was famously know for the arts, customs, trades and everyday life of the ancient Romans. This città was one
Are the remains in Pompeii and indication of how the Ancient Romans lived? The city of Pompeii has been frozen in time since the early afternoon of 24th August 79CE. A gigantic time capsule, illustrating the everyday life of ancient Romans, has captured the last moments of at least two thousand people. Pompeii had remained mostly untouched up until 1594 when building an aqueduct, upon uncovering the ashes that worked as a preservative, they found the ruins of a once great town. Casts of people showed
Life in the Past of Pompeii Now Pompeii has no people, but back in the year 79 A.D., its people lived their lives similarly to ours, today. The daily life of Pompeii was full of so much activity! It had wealthy people,vagrants, resources, and tools. This all ended when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. pompeii was one of the volcano’s victims. Because archaeologists have studied Pompeii, we know what the people of Pompeii’s daily life could have been like. “Pompeii was destroyed quickly and thus
“What is life in Pompeii like? Well I will tell you, we were going on with our daily life, when all of the sudden BOOM! BANG! Mount Vesuvius erupted, and everybody started running around like a chicken with it’s head cut off. This happened in the year of 79 in a city of 22,000 people called Pompeii. Daily life in Pompeii is much like today because there is ancient fast food, many people played different roles, but it was a non-gadget world. Even though Pompeii is ancient it still had fast food. It