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Pompeii is a Roman city which was ruined and partially buried near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania. Pompeii was destroyed, and completely buried, during a long catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning two days in AD 79.

One of the most significant commercial centers of Campania, Pompeii had a population of almost 20.000 people, of which 10% died by intoxication or suffocation during the eruption. This famous ancient city was frozen in time. This fact is a great opportunity to explore all aspects of life in the first century of the imperial Roman Empire. And also it is a chance to know more about the people who lived there. There is a special museum in Pompeii, where the owners of this museum keep the remains of dead people. Those people died because of the gasses erupting from the volcano and then buried by the ashes. After the eruption those ashes hardened, and left a perfect mold of the bodies. After some time it was decomposed. Nowadays thanks to the work of the archaeologists we have an opportunity to have a look at frightening insight in the massive tragedy that took place.
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