The volcano collapsed higher roof-lines and buried Pompeii under 60 feet of ash and pumice. The population has died. The city was empty. Nowadays it is alive again but only because of many tourists attracted to that unique place. Walking through the ancient streets of one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, you can see everywhere the evidence of the people who lived there: in the buildings and especially in the painted signs outside the shops and, most pleasant perhaps, the graffiti on the walls. The archaeological digs let us know that the Pompeiians were enthusiastic wall-scribblers. If you are interested in their culture you can easily find there all sorts of statements, ranging from random wisdom, for example – 'Profit is happiness', to declarations of love to petty insults such as – 'Oppius, clown, thief, petty crook! '.
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