Pompeii and Herculaneum

Pompeii and Herculaneum were ancient Roman towns near Naples, Italy, buried by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Pompeii was a large, bustling city with homes, shops, and public buildings, preserved under volcanic ash, which allowed us to see Roman life frozen in time. Herculaneum, smaller and closer to the volcano, was buried under much quicker-accumulating, hotter ash and pyroclastic flows. Both sites offer invaluable insights into Roman architecture, daily life, and social structure, serving as significant archaeological and historical resources.