| Instead of visiting Pompeii, we decided to see the less crowded, smaller excavated Mt. Vesuvius ruins site of Herculaneum. Wikipedia says this about it, " It is most famous for having been lost, along with Pompeii, Stabiae, Boscoreal and Oplontis, in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 which buried it in superheated pyroclastic material. It is also famous as one of the few ancient cities that can now be seen in almost its original splendour, because unlike Pompeii, its burial was deep enough to ensure the upper stories of buildings remained intact, and the hotter ash preserved wooden household objects such as beds and doors and even food. Moreover Herculaneum was a wealthier town than Pompeii with an extraordinary density of fine houses, and far more lavish use of coloured marble cladding. The discovery in recent years of some 300 skeletons along the sea shore came as a surprise since it was known that the town itself had been largely evacuated." Needless to say, it was fascinating! |
2 comments:
very nice. You took wonderful pictures. What great places to visit.
Just now catching up on the blogs, what an awesome trip!
Susan you look great by the way, thought you looked like a tennager in a couple of those pics.
Paul
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