Mount Vesuvius

architecture. You will see many tall stone buildings and domes. Some landmarks you can visit in Italy are The Colosseum, the iconic ancient roman gladiatorial museum, the Pantheon, a landmark Roman Church with historic tombs, Florence Cathedral, Mount Vesuvius, Amalfi coast, the Roman Forum, St, Peter's Basilica, the largest basilica of Christianity, Saint Mark’s Basilica, Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Uffizi Gallery, an art museum, Vatican Museums, Doge’s Palace, Sistine Chapel, the Grand Canal,…

Pompeii holds considerable archaeological and historical significance due to the thick layering of lava and ash that preserves the city, a result of the violent eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D.79 that allows for extensive research and insight into aspects of ancient Roman life. Sites including Porta Stabia and the Sanctuary of Apollo are significant in the wealth of artefacts and art relinquished by the sites that contribute to current understanding of the cultural, religious and economic…

Pompeii was an ancient roman town. It was destroyed in the eruption of mount Vesuvius in 79 AD . There are many components of the roman culture. a few of them include architecture, mythology, and language. Architecture flourished during the pax romana time. Wealth and increasing population allowed Romans to create new architectural solutions of their own. "The use of vaults and arches, together with a sound knowledge of building materials, enabled them to achieve unprecedented successes in the…

Western Alps contain Mount Viso, which is 12,602 ft. (3,841m) high, and Gran Paradiso, which is 13,323 ft. (4,061m) high. Making the Gran Paradiso the highest mountain in Italy. The Second mountain group, the Central Alps, contain Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn (Monte Cervino), and Monte Rosa. The highest peaks of the ventral mountains are located within the bordering countries. Eastern Alps run west to east containing Dolomites and Mount Marmolada which is 10,968 ft. (3,343m) high…

to see historic sites such as the Roman Colosseum in Rome, The Leaning Tower of Pisa in Pisa, The sinking city of Venice, the hometown of Michelangelo and where the world-famous Medici family lived in Florence, and the statues of victims of the Mount Vesuvius volcanic eruption in Pompeii. Italy also has the most volcanoes out of any country in Europe. Many tourist go skiing in the Alps, which is one of the highest and longest mountain ranges in Europe that sits upon the northern border of Italy.…

There is mythology of Pompeii and Herculaneum by Hercules. According to Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook, “Hercules was sent to the western edge of the world, to Gades (modern Cadiz, Spain). Having defeated the monster Geryon there, he drove Geryon's herd of cattle back to Greece, passing through Italy on his travels. As he did so, he was said to have bestowed upon Pompeii its name, derived from the word for procession common to Greek and Latin (pompe/ pompa). Nearby Herculaneum was also…

Sea Scrolls. Through examples like this, we can see the timelessness of the Bible. Even the excavation of a town not mentioned in the Bible, like Pompeii mentioned in Reed’s Visual Guide to the New Testament (Reed 27,31), which was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, gives us a clear idea of the type of town in which Paul would have delivered his…

Apennines. The Apennines mountain range blankets the North-Western area of Italy and joins the alps in a semi-circle around the rest of Northern Italy. Two volcanoes can also be found in Italy. Mount Etna is an active volcano that still poses a threat to the inhabitants of surrounding areas. And Mount Vesuvius is a dormant volcano near the city Naples. Aside from mountains, Italy is home to at least fourteen rivers and nine lakes. The country is divided into 20 regions. In the…

Final Writing Anthropology 103 3. What kinds of work would applied anthropologists pursue? Provide one example of applied work for each of the subfields of anthropology. What aspects of anthropology make it uniquely valuable in application to social problems? Anthropology and its different applications made the quantum leap, by comparing and contrasting crucial social issues around the globe. For instance, due to some anthropologists due diligence we can learn about the rites of passage,…

Queen. (Which is perhaps another reason Disney felt the plot needed to be reinvented.) Actually, when Gerda arrives at the palace, the Snow Queen is nowhere to be found. She has flown south to Italy, where she plans to shower snow down upon Mount Vesuvius and Mount Etna. Kai and Gerda “strolled out of that enormous palace,” and at the story’s end (a few paragraphs later) they are safely back at home in…