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3 December 2005 22:40![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
naturallypixieWe went out today! The goal was to see Herculaneum and Vesuvius, but we only made it to Herculaneum. It was rainy and cold, so there were no other people who wanted to take a shuttle up the volcano and the bus schedule was not condusive to our other plans. We'll try again next weekend and try to bring along some friends this time so the shuttle driver will find it worth the drive.
Info on Herculaneum can be found here.
Here is a view looking down on the city. Can you tell where the old city ends and the new city begins?
This is a thermopolium, the fast food joint of its time. The terracotta pots are called dolia and were used to keep soups and beverages hot.
A very nice photo of an oven/stove and two amphorae. There are more amphorae in racks above and to the right of the oven. Chick peas and broad beans were found in this room.
The view from the outer wall of the city. Before the eruption, the sea came to within ten meters of this wall, but now there is a 400 meter wide expanse of lava that separates the city from the sea and just look how deep it is! If you look down from here, you can see the excavated area where archeologists found about 300 skeletons and their belongings, as well as a Roman boat. People went to the sea to escape but were killed by the horrible gases and pyroclastic flow.
Sorry about the raindrops!
Aside from the rain, it was a very nice day.
P.S. I have pictures from Pompeii that I never posted. If anybody wants to see some bodies encased in ash, let me know and I'll put them up.
Info on Herculaneum can be found here.
Here is a view looking down on the city. Can you tell where the old city ends and the new city begins?
This is a thermopolium, the fast food joint of its time. The terracotta pots are called dolia and were used to keep soups and beverages hot.
A very nice photo of an oven/stove and two amphorae. There are more amphorae in racks above and to the right of the oven. Chick peas and broad beans were found in this room.
The view from the outer wall of the city. Before the eruption, the sea came to within ten meters of this wall, but now there is a 400 meter wide expanse of lava that separates the city from the sea and just look how deep it is! If you look down from here, you can see the excavated area where archeologists found about 300 skeletons and their belongings, as well as a Roman boat. People went to the sea to escape but were killed by the horrible gases and pyroclastic flow.
Sorry about the raindrops!
Aside from the rain, it was a very nice day.
P.S. I have pictures from Pompeii that I never posted. If anybody wants to see some bodies encased in ash, let me know and I'll put them up.
