Pompeii and Mt. Vesuvius

Pompeii! Probably the most well preserved ancient city in Italy from the ancient Roman times. Being such a history nerd it was very cool to see these runes in the flesh.

It was like stepping back in time to an era of a thriving civilization. A civilization that had hardly any other problems than how to keep their streets clean, which they had a very cool system in which to do so. In Pompeii, to clean the streets the pedestrian zone was elevated a little bit above the main street with large stones in the middle occasionally to allow access to the other side of the street. The ancient people would run water through the streets to act as a sort of sewer system because all of their streets flowed downhill what with them being at the base of a volcano.

Embracing my inner diety

Some of the frescoes preserved here are of such great quality. It is an unfortunate tragedy that the volcano wiped out an entire region, but it did a good job of preserving the history and artifacts of the time by  burying it in volcanic ash.

A working water spigot! 

The large theater

More Fresco

Whatever these counters were used for they sure were beautiful! I love all of the colors of the stone and the time and effort it must have taken to get them to look like this is incredible.

Pretending this was a kitchen

What the roads looked like in ancient times

Representing MSU once again!

The best fresco in Pompeii

All of the pots and other items found, some without any damage!

There were maybe 3 petrified people still here, most of them had been moved elsewhere. This was a little disappointing to only see a couple but nonetheless it was still kind of creepy to see what positions they remained in. What must have been going through their minds at the time must have been that of pure horror and panic and terror. They could do nothing about it either. The only reason we still know about this place and what happened here was because one of the people who either lived there or near there witnessed it from far away because he was traveling for business of sorts and kept a journal of the events.

A perfectly preserved table

Me with Mt. Vesuvius in the background