Pompeii

Two years ago the government declared a state of emergency for Pompeii but it lasted only a year.

"reapers" ? as in more than one? They only gather like this at times of great catastrophe -- Chicago fire, san francisco quake. Pompeii.

Over time, the city of Pompeii was excavated and made into a tourist site.

Pompeii is a dead city. No one has lived there for nearly two thousand years----not since the summer of the year A. D. 79, to be exact.

The site so far provides photographs and plans of the forum at Pompeii, focusing in particular on the buildings running down the east side.

The long, hot summer of AD 79 starts like all those that have gone before it - but soon you will wish you were anywhere but in Pompeii!

All over Pompeii, people lay down on beds of pumice stones, overwhelmed by the gas, and death came quietly to them.

Pompeii, a Unesco World Heritage Site, was destroyed by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius back in 79 AD.

Every year thousands of tourists visit Pompeii, Italy to see the famous sights.

Down in Pompeii, four miles from the summit, a tremendous explosion was heard.

The cataclysm that destroyed Pompeii was the eruption of a nearby volcano.

According to Tedesco, there is no question the volcano will erupt again, potentially transforming Goma into a modern Pompeii.

Pompeii used to be a very prosperous town of 25, 000 people, which, however, is already a thing of the past.

When Pompeii was discovered - with all of its nude statues, they were quickly moved off to The Secret Museum in Naples.

I was reading when the earthquake occurred, by the way, it was "The Last Day of Pompeii" .

The other picture was discovered on the wall of a brothel at Pompeii.

The ash preserved the remains to an astonishing degree, which is why Pompeii is such a treasure.

Pompeii The City that became a time capsule volcanic eruption preserve capsule witness occur tremble block out particularly ?

Do you think, fair Ione, that it is only at Pompeii that I have learned to value you?

Pompeii was destroyed by an eruption of volcano.

The tourists do not, however, see Pompeii's people.

Soon stones and hot ash began to fall on Pompeii.

Pompeii , a hustling and bustling city in ancient Rome, was deeply buried by the volcanic ash when the Vesuvius Volcano erupted.

The building excavated from the volcanic ash, which destroyed Pompeii in 79 AD, was damaged by Allied bombs during the Second World War.

Pompeii officials remarked that the damage involves a less important structure.

Ask those people at Pompeii, who are frozen into position from volcanic ash, "How the planet's doing? "

My wife and I were touring Italy and had spent the day at Pompeii.

Next week we are flying to China , and going to Loulan, which is known as China's Pompeii in the desert .

Pompeii, near Naples in the south of Italy, is considered one of the most important archaeological sites in the country.

Scientists are still digging, still making discoveries that draw the tourists to Pompeii.

I had thoughts of Pompeii just now, looking at an abandoned car dealer's lot, as ash poured down.

It is the city of Pompeii, and there is no other city quite like it in all the world.

Pompeii is no longer a buried city.

The town of Pompeii lay hidden and forgotten until 1631 when Vesuvius erupted again and workers discovered some Roman coins.

The remains of a Pompeii restaurant!

In the heyday of the Roman Empire, Pompeii in Italy was a thriving city of about 20, 000inhabitants.

We've been uncovering ruins at the famous ancient city of Pompeii for several years.

And a new trouble was in store for Pompeii.

Pompeii disappeared after the volcano eruption .

These heat waves also reached Pompeii, chocking to death anyone who had survived the initial eruption.

In 63 AD, a huge earthquake had damaged Pompeii, destroying buildings and reducing farmland.

Until that year Pompeii was a prosperous city of 25000 people.

We wanted to have a look at the ruins of Pompeii.

Often a building at Pompeii would contain a workshop, a shop, and living quarters for the owner and his family.

Today I saw the ancient city of Pompeii as it was 2000 years ago .

The 2, 000-year-old House of the Gladiators in the ruins of ancient Pompeii in southern Italy has collapsed.

Behind the city of Pompeii stood the 4000-feet Mount Vesuvius.

Tomorrow we are off to Naples to visit the museum that houses many of the treasures from Pompeii.

What can you see if you walk in the streets of Pompeii today?

On the morning of August 24, 79 AD, Mt. Vesuvius overlooking Pompeii suddenly shuddered and spewed out fiery volcanic ash.

Once, Pompeii was a busy city of 22000 people.

It was destroyed 2, 000 years ago, but now Italy's ancient Roman city of Pompeii is facing ruin once again.

We are in Italy now, and tomorrow we are visiting Pompeii.

Asa nation with long history, Italy has many ancient sites such as Colosseum Leaning Tower of Pisa, Pompeii, and soon.

What had Pompeii been like before the eruption?

A new trouble was in store for Pompeii.

A volcano 2 miles away from Pompeii broke out.

This is what happened in the eruption of Vesuvius which buried Pompeii.

Large sections of Pompeii collapsed on top of people in their beds.

One of the most popular tourist sites in Italy, Pompeii was viewed by nearly two million visitors last year.

In 89 BC, the Romans took over Pompeii.

visit Pompeii every year to learn more about the ancient world.

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POMPEII (Italy): buried by the volcano

The Last Days of Pompeii

The Last Day of pompeii

The bodies of people who died in Pompeii,