Pompeii
Ancient city near modern Naples, ItalyPompeii was a city in what is now the municipality of Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy. Along with Herculaneum, Stabiae, and many surrounding villas, the city was buried under 4 to 6 m of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
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AI Generated- 1592Architect Domenico Fontana discovered ancient walls covered with paintings and inscriptions while digging an underground aqueduct.
- 1689Francesco Picchetti saw a wall inscription mentioning decurio Pompeiis but associated it with a villa of Pompey.
- 1693Giuseppe Macrini excavated some walls and wrote that Pompeii lay beneath La Civita.
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House of the Faun
Palace in Pompeii with preserved artworks
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Temple of Jupiter (Pompeii)
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Lupanar
Ruined brothel in Pompeii, Italy
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House of the Tragic Poet
Ancient house in Pompeii, Italy
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Temple of Isis (Pompeii)
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Temple of Apollo (Pompeii)
Oldest Roman temple in Pompeii
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Macellum of Pompeii
Mall at the forum of Pompeii
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Foreign influences on Pompeii