POMPEII.

Yesterday we went to Pompeii. Pompeii is a 2000 year old city that stood at the foot of a volcano. In the year 79AD the volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted, lava and ash covered the city of Pompeii. 200 years ago people found it by accident because they were digging a canal.

The ash preserved the city so it looks like it was frozen in time.  The city looked old with no doors or roofs and we got to go inside some houses and see where they would have slept and where they would have cooked their dinners and sold their spices. In all the houses, the beds and pillows were made out of solid rock.

When we walked down the street they were made out of huge rocks and in between some rocks there were these pieces of white marble. In the light of the slaves candles the white would glow like cats eyes.

In most of the houses there were frescoes and because there was no light under a 7 metre high layer of ash they still have a very good colour and you can still see what the picture is about.

Down the roads there were 3 raised rocks and they used them for when it floods they can walk across without getting their feet wet. 

You could also see where the chariots came racing down the path and we can tell because we can see the grooves in the road. 

They also have heaps of Greek columns and you can see clearly where a roof would have been. 

We also saw plaster moulds of 2 slaves and you can see 2000 year old teeth and a 2000 year old skull. 

I really loved seeing Pompeii and I hope I go again.

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