How to explore Pompeii?
In the times before 79 AD, Pompeii was a lively Italian city crisscrossed with narrow cobbled streets and alive with the sound of market sellers and daily life. But after tragedy struck in 79 AD, when nearby Mount Vesuvius erupted over the city and buried it in a thick layer of volcanic ash, things changed forever.
Afterward, Pompeii became a ghost town that preserved ancient Roman life as it was many, many years ago. Centuries later, archaeologists came across the site that revealed what daily life was like ...