Pompeii Research Paper

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The City in Ash
Tabitha Etten, Jayden Ellis, Jason Keast
Core 3
Oct. 9th, 2015 What do you know about Pompeii? Well, you are about to learn about the daily lifestyle of the citizens of Pompeii. First, Pompeii mainly used “Doctor Moms,” which are doctorat home. There were no hospitals, therefore they had to use home remedies. In the article we read about Pompeii to find our facts, the article said,”They found household items used for First-Aid with. Another fact about Pompeii is they had “meals on the run.” There was not the right amount of dish wear in the houses, which suggested they didn’t have time left in the day to make relaxing meals at home. This meant that people were moving around, and eating at the same time. Finally, Pompeii

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