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pompeii
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pompeii
Pompeii was a city in Italy
Mount vesuvius is a volcano in Italy
It had very fertile soil and is great for growing crops
pompeii was a very wealthy trading city
In AD 62 the city of Pompeii grounds shook and in AD 79 all of the wells went dry but yet people were not scared
Very sadly on the 24th of August the famous volcano Mount Vesuvius had erupted
It had continued to erupt for over 24 hours it was firing hot ash into the air
when the ash had cooled everything in Pompeii had disappeared
The city of Pompeii was hidden for around 1700 years until in 1748 a man was digging in his garden and found a wall from Pompeii
they had quiet an advanced water system in Pompeii
It came from a local river
The streets were paved with flagstones in Pompeii on each side of streets
The Forum was the centre of activity in Pompeii there was a number of temples to hounder the gods
It had advanced marketplaces with shops that sold lots of goods
Pieces of jewellery and pottery have been found in the city
Archaeologists found hollow shapes in the ground and they realised that these were the shapes of bodies
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