(Friday, March 12)
One Friday, my Cities, Towns and Villas class took an all-day field trip to Pompeii, the city that was buried in ash for thousands of years after an eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. It was awesome to see how well preserved the city was and learn about the history, some of the eeriest things were seeing the plaster casts of people and animals that got caught in the eruption. When they were excavating the ash from the area, they found that people's bodies had decayed but had left holes in the ash in the form of their bodies, so they filled the holes with plaster to make plaster casts. These people seemed to be just frozen in time, there was even a cast of a dog on a chain that couldn't escape since he was tied down, so sad. Also, a funny fact that we learned from a wall inscription: How much did a woman at the brothel cost? Three cups of wine!
Mt. Vesuvius, No big deal
Plaster Casts in the Vineyard
Cast of a dog :(
My teacher, look at how well the wall painting were preserved in the ash! Amazing.
The Forum, kinda cool
View down one of the roads...
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