Pompeii

In 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted and left Pompeii, a coastal town of 20,000, buried under ash. This small Roman town stayed preserved until it was discovered and excavated in 1748. The frescos, structures, people, and inscriptions of the city give us unparalleled insight into the daily life of people living in the Roman empire. Although many exhibits of Pompeii have been featured around the world, the women of Pompeii are often left out when it comes to a historical analysis of the city, despite…

puzzle to tell a story of a time that was. However, in the mid-eighteenth century, a historical treasure had been uncovered. An entire city, standing frozen in time, has given more than a possible educated guess to the ways of life of the residents of Pompeii. Through various works of art, we have in insight into the ever-present patriarchy, differences in social status, and sexualization of women. 
 Firstly, we will look at the status women held during this time. In the portrait of “Terentius…

The ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were very open to other cultures compared to other non-roman cities. various buildings for example temples and shrines and artefacts such as cult objects can show the religious and cultural influences of foreign religions and cults in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Due to the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 these buildings and artefacts have been preserved. Due to Pompeii expansive trading with the Hellenic east these foreign religions and cults…

A city covered in ash. The once beautiful city of Pompeii was explored by me and my unit of archeologist in 1748. Our reasoning for exploration while not being certain was mostly based upon utter curiosity of what knowledge we can obtain by excavating throughout the ash. Our goal was the search for truth. Why truth? Because if we can uncover the destroyed culture we can obtain an endless amount of truth about the former inhabitants of Pompeii. It’s how history has been learned for decades, and…

forgotten until many long years later. One of the two cities that suffered that fate was Pompeii. One does not usually think of the culture…

But really they just didn’t have the technology we had; with daily life, the eruption, and its influences others can understand that Pompeians were just as smart and inventive as humans now are. It’s culture play a huge role in our lives today. Pompeii was a bustling city, from shopkeepers to slaves making their daily rounds (Tanaka 17). Most of the shops were located in the Forum, a large open aired building where people met to do business, but also in the Forum included bathhouse. A bathhouse…

Various artefacts found in Pompeii have shed light onto the mystery of how the ancient Romans lived during the 1st century. We know many of the Romans had a higher way of living as the houses recovered from Pompeii such as the House of Vettii and the House of Faun show large floor plans and decorative architecture such as impulviums and indoor gardens. We know cities such as Pompeii had large public structures, as they have been mentioned in writings or depicted in art works, similar to what we…

What do you think of when you hear the word “volcano”, a prodigious eruption? The city of Pompeii (which was destroyed by lava)? The amount of volcanoes and their eruption frequencies? Well, these are the most common responses, but do you ever think of the gratifying consequences of a volcanic eruption? Well, it is true, volcanoes are commendable! The mineral and nutrients found in the rocks and ashes of the aftermath a volcano helps enrich the soil. While I’m on that topic, the article states…

The sources provide information on many different parts of religious life in Pompeii and Herculaneum. There is information about some of the many temples built to dedicate the gods they worshipped including Apollo, Isis and Jupiter as well as the household gods such as Lares and genius as well as some of the cults which sprung up around the Campanian area. They also provided information on how they treated the dead. There were three temples in particular. The temple of Isis, Jupiter and Apollo.…

The Great Explosion The people of Pompeii, had no idea that the volcano was going to erupt, but then “BOOM” there was a huge explosion by Mount Vesuvius volcano. All the citizens were, screaming, running, doing anything to get away from this monstrous volcano soon there will be no humans buildings anything. Later on when Archaeologists started to discover the remains of Pompeii, they discovered that daily life in Pompeii is similar to daily life today by their housing, makeup, tools, and how…