Pompeii - April 9, 2013

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Monte Cassino Abbey Near Highway 1A	Our lunch site before entering Pompeii	Nancy, Wiley, and Diane	To the left of the entrance with boat docks below
To the right of the entrance	The entrance to Pompeii near "Camping Zeus"	Entrance to a typical house with central courtyard for rain collection	Column showing brick interior, plastered to look like marble
Interior of column showing brick core	Basilica	Basilica	In the basilica
Temple of Apollo	Ken at Temple of Apollo	Sundial, atop Ionic column - town clock	Forum, with Temple of Jupiter at the far end
Storage are for recovered objects: urns, amphorae, even bodies	Plaster cast of man who suffocated in the ashes and funes	Woman, face down	Ruins
Logia and atrium, entrance to Forum Baths	Forum Baths	Calidarium, Forum Baths	Pool, Forum Baths
Calidarium, Forum Baths	Forum Baths	The Tavern: Ancient Fast Food served here	Street, with tall blocks to cross on, ruts from chariots, carts and wagons
Dining room, "House of the Tragic Poet"	toward the entrance, House of the Tragic Poet. Entrance has famous mosaic of dog and "Cave Canem"	Floor mosaic, House of the Tragic Poet	Arch of Caligula,entrance to Via Mercurio, lined with shops and merchant's homes on both sides
Street marker; two guys carrying amphora of wine or oil ("Wine Vendor Street")	New dog, ancient street "Cave Canem"	Column, with flutes covered by bricks....styles change	Bones visible through the cast of a Pompeiian
Cast of body, bones still intact	Food Market (Macellum)	Shrine of the Lares (household gods)	Mosaic tile floor entry to house
Bed in one of the brothel rooms	Lead pipe piece of of plulmbing in a street	The Forum Square, Vesuvius in the background	Elegant beach homes built near the ancient shoreling
Vesuvius: destroyer, preserver, and constant threat

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