Pompei, What Happened? Oh Yeah, Vesuvius

At the end of the Amalfi Coast adventure, we went to Pompeii, which was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in 79AD. In the 1700's it was accidentally discovered and now serves as a historical site.

Gina and I in Pompeii.

This is a plaster mold of what an actual person looked like. When the ruins were being discovered, because people were covered with feet of ash, the molds of bodies were still in tact. They took plaster, filled the molds and now have plaster molds on site depicting what people looked like in the final moments before they died, due to the lava and weight of ash/pumice.

The postcard picture of Pompeii. It may be hard to see but after the third column from the left there is a small white head, which is the head of Jupiter.

Standing in an old cathedral/basilica. Because the amount of ash was so extreme, all of the roofs in ancient Pompeii collapsed and now, if roofs exist, they are only to mirror what roofs would have looked like before 79AD.

Yes, this is probably what you think it is. There were 31 brothels in Pompeii and these images were on the walls, as a display of what the woman had to "offer".