History & Heritage

A Walk Through Pompeii

Discover how the Roman city of Pompeii was buried by a volcano and found again centuries later.

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1Pompeii was a busy Roman city near the sea in Italy.

2Almost two thousand years ago, a volcano suddenly covered the whole city.

3Thick grey ash fell from the sky for many hours.

4The ash buried houses, shops, streets, and even the people.

5The city slept under the ground for over fifteen hundred years.

6Then workers found it again while they were digging the land.

7Today, visitors can walk along the old stone streets.

8You can still see paintings on the walls of ancient houses.

9Loaves of bread were even found inside an old stone oven.

10Pompeii shows us exactly how Roman families lived long ago.

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