Pompeii/Definition

An Roman city buried beneath volcanic ash by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, which buried everything including the Temple of the gods Apollo and Jupiter. The city was lost until in 1592 when it was re-discovered, but excavations didn't begin in earnest until the eighteenth century. Many bodies of people and animals were discovered in the positions in which they died. The town dates back to the seventh century BCE. Today, it is a popular site for tourism in Italy, near the city of Naples.