pompeii, an ancient roman city near modern naples, italy

abandoned ancient archaeology architecture ash brick buried catastrophe city commune crypt discovery eruption excavated frozenintime geologicalphenomenon geology gruesome herculaneum italian italy landslides lavaflow mediterranean mountvesuvius naples narrow nopeople noperson old outdoors plastercasts pompeii port preserved pumice rock roman ruins southernitaly stone street tourism travel trip unescoworldheritagesite volcanic volcanism volcanoes wall