40+ Pictures Of Pompeii Now Gif. Woman victim covered in ash, pompeii, italy travel culture. Pompeii now seems more secure than it has since october 23, 79 a.d.
Excavations of pompeii began accidentally in the 18th century, when builders constructing a palace for the bourbon king discovered the lost city while digging. Luckily, since the cities were buried under a layer of volcanic ash and mud by the eruption of mount vesuvius in 79 a.d. Pompeii, founded as early as the 7th century bce, is in a beautiful region of italy, and romans were avid tourists.
Pompeii (/ p ɒ m ˈ p eɪ (i)/, latin:
Photos of pompeii, then and now. Ancient villas in and around pompei. Archaeologists in pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 ad, have made the extraordinary find of a frescoed hot food and drinks shop that served up the ancient equivalent of street. Funkystock picture library free resource for professional editorial picture editors, picture researchers, historical scholars and students and enthusiasts who want to browse some of the best pictures and images of historic countries, historical places, archaeological sites and the very best museum antiquities and artefacts exhibits in europe and the middle east.