Almost
2
,
000
years
ago
,
and
only
a
few
days'
journey
from
Rome
by
,
the
city
of
Pompeii
at
the
foot
of
a
volcano
named
Mount
Vesuvius
.
II
Pompeii
was
a
dynamic
,
centre
full
of
life
.
There
were
dozens
of
shops
where
shopkeepers
sold
jewellery
and
perfumes
,
potters
worked
with
,
and
metalworkers
and
glassblowers
amazed
-
with
their
.
There
were
theatres
,
bars
,
taverns
and
public
baths
where
people
used
to
go
to
relax
and
socialise
.
There
was
also
an
amphitheatre
where
people
used
to
watch
fight
.
III
Vesuvius
had
not
erupted
in
more
than
a
thousand
years
.
There
had
been
an
earthquake
some
years
earlier
,
but
no
one
could
imagine
what
would
follow
?
Then
,
in
August
AD
79
,
the
earth
started
to
shake
again
,
and
a
few
hours
later
,
the
volcano
erupted
with
a
bang
.
Tons
of
rocks
,
ash
and
hot
lava
buried
Pompeii
.
Buildings
,
fires
broke
out
everywhere
.
It
was
a
scene
.
People
everywhere
were
screaming
,
children
were
crying
,
and
others
were
for
the
to
stop
.
For
the
city
of
Pompeii
,
time
stopped
here
.
IV
In
1748
,
when
archaeologists
began
,
they
discovered
that
the
lava
had
not
only
destroyed
Pompeii
,
but
it
had
also
it
.
Everything
was
found
exactly
the
way
it
had
been
almost
two
thousand
years
ago
.
Archaeologists
found
shops
,
temples
,
a
theatre
,
wall
paintings
.
The
hot
ashes
had
around
people's
bodies
preserving
the
positions
they
were
in
at
the
time
of
the
eruption
.
The
bodies
had
dust
,
but
by
pouring
into
holes
in
the
hardened
ash
,
archaeologists
were
able
to
make
out
their
shapes
.
In
some
cases
,
they
could
even
see
the
expression
on
a
person's
face
.
Inside
the
houses
they
found
a
half
-
eaten
loaf
of
bread
,
eggs
,
a
on
the
fire
.
They
even
found
a
sign
at
the
entrance
of
a
house
saying
?
Cave
Canem'
,
which
means
:
?
Beware
of
the
Dog'
!
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