Ruins of Pompeii from above, with Vesuvius in the background (Source)
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The Temple of Jupiter with Vesuvius in the distance (Source)
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Pompeii, Italy. Pompeii - Forum and Vesuvius. Brooklyn Museum Archives, Goodyear Archival Collection (Source)
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Illustrated reconstruction, from a CyArk/University of Ferrara research partnership, of how the Temple of Apollo may have looked before Mt. Vesuvius erupted (Source)
Fresco from the Casa del Centenario bedroom (Source)
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A paved street. Pedestrians used the blocks in the road to cross the street without having to step onto the road, which doubled up as Pompeiis drainage and sewage disposal system. The spaces between the blocks let vehicles pass along the road. (Source)
A Roman fresco from Pompeii, 1st century AD, depicting a man in a theatre mask and a woman wearing a garland while playing a lyre (a Greco-Roman stringed instrument); it is now housed in the National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale) of Naples (Source)
