Pompeii (Pompei in Italian)

Until Vesuvius erupted in AD79, Pompeii was a busy port town with 20000 inhabitants. Streets were busy with shops, houses (and brothels). Really, life was not so different from now. The first and second photos show typical streets with original paving.

We visited Pompei today. It is amazing place. What "gets you" is just how much like us things were. It is hard to think this place just disappeared to be rediscovered centuries later. Quite humbling.