Our second visit to Pompeii

After visiting the museum in Naples where we saw a miniature reproduction of Pompeii, we realized we had missed a lot. So we went back for a second look.

Here's one poor fellow who seemed resigned to his fate. The hot lava covered him and then dried to the shape of his body where it lay undisturbed for so many years. Then, when the site was excavated, they poured plaster into the hollow form to preserve his shape.










Here's another example of Italian ingenuity. Many of the homes in Pompeii had an open area in the center of their roof, with a pool or bath located directly beneath. They collected rain water and perhaps they used it as a bath.

Italians were great engineers. This room was a public bathroom. Around the walls were the seats (the supports are still there), refuse went into the ditches and then flowed out the sewer (arched opening) in the back right hand corner.





They also had public bath houses in Pompeii.

This is a large nail we saw inside the public bath.

Garold clowning around at the House of the Fawn.