[NormsRevenge]

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[NormsRevenge]

Pompeii Ping

[CJ Wolf]

Looks like some of the stuff at a dollar store. Pretty cool.

[mewzilla]

Or it could’ve just been stuff from somebody’s junk drawer/trinket box.

Cool, though!

[dfwgator]

including good-luck charms,

They obviously didn't work.

[allendale]

It would appear all those lucky charms were pretty useless when it came time to protect the sorcerer and the people in that room. The volcano was not dissuaded.

[Sacajaweau]

Reminds me of Mom’s Button Box.

[Red Badger]

...including good-luck charms...

Obviously didn't work...............

[sphinx]

A large part of Pompeii, about 40 percent if memory serves, is still unexcavated. The archaeologists think they've uncovered all the main public areas and that what is left is mostly common folk territory. But still, there are amazing finds yet to come. Ten bodies in one house is interesting. It would be fascinating to see a map showing the distribution of the dead. The plaster cast technique for preserving the "ghost" images came along fairly late, and a lot of the human traces were destroyed in the early digging. But in the part of Pompeii not yet explored, one could still do a casualty map. That would be wonderful. Among other things, it would show if people tried to flee or bunkered up, thinking to ride out the eruption, only to be overcome unexpectedly by the poisonous gasses.

I'm not aware of any survivor's account from Pompey. Pliny the Younger was on the other side of the bay and went aboard a would-be rescue ship, but they were unable to reach the city. His account of the view from seaward is the one always cited. Does anyone know of an actual survivor's account from someone who was in the city and fled in time? That would seem to be something one would write about. Maybe no one got out.

[Gay State Conservative]

Life is,at times at least,unsettling enough with all the knowledge we've gained over time...particularly over the last 100 years or so.It's hard to imagine how unnerving it would have been in those dark ages 2000+ years ago.

[Styria]

Idols which could not protect their owner...

[equaviator]

[Veto!]

I’ve been to Pompeii, spent a day wandering around. Vesuvius still belches smoke and sometimes rattles nearby windows.

Such a scene of devastation. I didn’t love it there, found it a very sad place with bad air. Most tourists love it.

Stuff in the photos looks pretty good. Bright colors certainly contrast with the dull brown of the entire city.

[Steve Van Doorn]

most of that has holes in them. i would say the found a jewelry shop.