Monday 6 December 2010

pompeii city wall

When the great Mount Vesuvius rumbled in A.D. 62, shaking down rooftops and cracking walls in the city of Pompeii that lay in its shadow, the people of Pompeii rebuilt their walls and covered their structures with new roofs.

the City Walls of Pompeii
the City Walls of Pompeii

Pompeii- city wall
Pompeii- city wall

Pompeii city walls, near Tower
Pompeii city walls, near Tower

Pompeii city walls near Tower
Pompeii city walls near Tower

Pompeii - City Wall and
Pompeii - City Wall and

City Wall of Pompeii by
City Wall of Pompeii by

It is an impressively large city that is over two miles wide. It is estimated that in its height, Pompeii held 20000 people. Everyone and everything was incinerated by the 2000 degree wall of pyroclastic lava that overtook the city...
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After reading, “The Dog of Pompeii” My thoughts were this: I felt sad how Tito had to leave Bimbo behind when he left Pompeii when the volcano covered the town in ashes. .... I still wonder why they slept UNDER the wall.
pompeii city wall

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