HUMN/303 HUMN303 HUMN 303 Week 3 Discussion 1

 HUMN 303 Week 3 Discussion 1

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Your post is informative. I would like to further add on that Pompeii is one of the must-see sights of Italy alongside Herculaneum. The city is important to us because of the way Vesuvius both destroyed and preserved it.  If there were any tourists, they were more likely to be strolling the beach at Herculaneum and perhaps hoping for a glimpse of Emperor Caligula at his luxury villa- than in the markets or industrial wharves of Pompeii. The excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum, by contrast, offer an intact vision of daily life in a Roman society in all its aspects. They have produced not only many treasures, but also many objects that are less precious but extremely useful for the understanding of everyday life during the years of the Roman empire. In the buildings of these towns from the monumental to the most simple - the ancient world appears in all its complexity, with great clarity. Pompeii today all is original: the tombs along the stone paved streets; the houses, with their frescoes-some with simple designs and gaudy colors, others more elegant and complex - which open onto shadowed arcades made precious by gardens in bloom and gushing fountains.

Reference:- Pompeii: Guide to the Lost City by SC Nappo (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998)