Pompeii Tour

by Pompeii Tours on April 19, 2010

Pompeii was a thriving wealthy city that was buried by an eruption of Vesuvio in 79AD. Excavations of the site have been ongoing for a few hundred years so there is lots to see and you’ll be doing a lot of walking on your Pompeii Tour. Explore the town that is high on the list of the Wonders of the World and see the excavations that began in the 18th century and still being continued today. For more about a Pompeii Tour, keep reading !

Excavations visiting on for many years have located an archaeological treasure trove, including the Forum, Thermal Baths, and various villas. Today, the UNESCO World Heritage Site is one of the most visited attractions in Italy. A vast number of well-preserved frescoes along with complete homes, villas and day to day objects were furthermore revealed, affording you us fascinating insights into the culture and daily life of a Roman port town from the C1 AD. Beginning like any other summer day, for the people of Pompeii in AD79. Soon, their lives were turned upside down because Mt. Vesuvius erupted and Pompeii, a town of 20,000 was buried under tonnes of volcanic ash and pumice

Three sheets of sediment have been come by on top of the lava that lies below the city and, mixed in with the sediment, archaeologists have found bits of animal bone, pottery shards and plants. The archaeological digs at the site extend to the street level of the 79 AD volcanic event; deeper digs in older parts of Pompeii and core samples of nearby drillings have exposed layers of jumbled sediment that suggest that the city had suffered from the volcano and other seismic events before then. In 2008, Pompeii was attracting almost 2.6 million visitors per year, making it one of the most popular places of touristic interest in Italy. The thousands of examples of graffiti found on the town’s walls are unequivocal proof of what the people of Pompeii thought about love and sex.

Three sheets of sediment have been come by on top of the lava that lies below the city and, mixed in with the sediment, archaeologists have found bits of animal bone, pottery shards and plants. The archaeological digs at the site extend to the street level of the 79 AD volcanic event; deeper digs in older parts of Pompeii and core samples of nearby drillings have exposed layers of jumbled sediment that suggest that the city had suffered from the volcano and other seismic events before then. In 2008, Pompeii was attracting almost 2.6 million visitors per year, making it one of the most popular touristic highlights in Italy.

The thousands of examples of graffiti located on the town’s walls are unequivocal proof of what the people of Pompeii thought about love and sex. Fencing in the temple of Venus prevents vandalism of the site, as well as theft. The volcano collapsed higher roof-lines and buried Pompeii under 20 m (66 ft) of ash and pumice, and it was lost for nearly 1,600 years before its accidental rediscovery in 1592. Pompeii Houses show real life of people now free from Excacavations A Pompeii visit offers a cross-section of sumptuous patrician villas, frescoed basilica, large gym, theatre, public baths, and of course, skeletons. A large collection of erotic votive objects and frescoes were found at the tourist site of pompeii. A pompeii walking trip is fully completed when in the same way a go to to the Archeological Museum in Naples.