Pompeii, a City That Has Been Buried Written by Sean Lin 2014/2/7
A large city with a huge volcano nearby, Pompeii is under the ground. Why is the city important? Because on August 24 79AD (Andrew) the volcano Mount Vesuvius exploded, which caused huge damage to the city and after that the ashes from the volcano covered the whole city(Alex). In the near past some archeologists dug out the bodies or house object they used before in that area, so it became famous.
This city dominated the valley around the Sarno River, the delta which hosted a busy port (Andrew). So at that time the people who lived there often traded with the other tribes and it became an important harbor (Asher). In 80BC the Roman conquered this city and it became their settlement (Daniel). In 63AD there was an earthquake in the city but it was rebuilt very fast but in 79AD (James), when Mount Vesuvius exploded they could not handle it and the ashes covered the whole city in one night. After that the city stayed quiet under the ground ames), it life time from 700 BC – 79AD (Andrew) coming to the end until a man named Carlo Borbone found out that the city existed. He was the first archeologists who discovered Pompeii city and stated excavation in Pompeii on March 23, 1748 (Daniel).
What would happen if Mount Vesuvius erupted today? for this question,we know there still have people live there, there are 600,000 people live in the 18 towns at its base that comprise the "red zone."(Andrew) that mean if the volcano really explode, it will caused huge damage the Pompeii event will reappear again in current world, The last time Vesuvius activated was in 1944(Daniel), causing minor damage and killing 26 people, the last time Vesuvius activated was in 1944(Asher), causing minor damage and killing 26 people, now it is an a dormant volcano, but we still don't know when will it explode again in the future.
they keep dug things their, things they found out tells us the history about the city, for example, they found a body in a house so that mean at that time they kept dog for pet, another example, they found lots of bones which has gold and amber on it, rings wore on the finger, necklace wore on the neck, bracelet wore on their hand so we can realize the person is a reach man in the past, they also find food that is still complete, a bowl of egg, a plate of bread they are complete. Do you know how to make a statue of the died body, because the body is to old so it rotten, but it is under the ashes so when the ashes become a rock, but the shape of the body is not disappear, so the archeologist pour out the gypsum into that shape so the statue comes out, this is how they make the statue(Daniel).
It is now a popular tourist
spot and some archeologists are still searching for artifacts there (Andrew). The
items include human bones, porcelain or paint on the wall and they can help
them find the secrets of Pompeii(James). When you are in Italy, you better go
to the city of Pompeii. Then you will see what the city is like with your own eyes,
which are better than if you look at it in a text book or website. We know that the body under the Pompeii historical remains represent the human that lived there in the past, their body act tell us when the volcano explode they died very hard, which is in pain.
I think it will become the
first outdoor museum, because the city is full of ancient artifacts, such as
fossils, ancient buildings, paintings on the building and jewels under the ash.
The ancient buildings are important too, for example the ancient theatres. These
are good resources that can help people understand what kind of society they
lived in. the place which is full of ancient things, maybe the archeologists can return it back to the original town, but some people don't care about that they broke things there and let the tourist who went there think it is not a good place, which is horrible.
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2. Daniel, Chudak. "Cyark." Pompeii. 18 02 2010. Web. 23 Jan 2014.
3. James, Owens. "National Geographic ." Ancient Roman Life Preserved at Pompeii. Web. 23 Jan 2014. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/pompeii_portents_01.shtml>.
4. James, M Deem. Pompeii information . 12 04 2012. Web. 23 Jan 2014.
5. Andrew, Wallace. "BBC History." Pompeii: Portents of Disaster. 29 03 201i. Web. 23 Jan 2014. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/pompeii_portents_01.s